Robert Parr of Brighton tells how a track by Grace Slick impacted his life.

If you hear, if you hear, singing silver wind
Fly sailing human bird
Fly here to me

The North Wind sounds like freezing horns
Sailing through the East Wind
And the East Wind has winding, unwinding strings
South Wind sounds skin on drums, skin on skin
Ah but the West Wind, the West Wind moves like metal wings
Like weather vane winding through the night
Iron wheel turns in front of the sun
Soon it cuts the sky
Man must fly
Man must fly

If he wants to leave and follow
The sound of the wind, he's gonna sing as it blows
Let him go, let him go
He'll make the long faces smile
He'll turn the dead air into sound
He'll come back on a circle
He's not going, he's just coming around

Don't tie him down he wants to run
Give him the sun
And if you see - ah, you think that man is gonna leave
You can follow him - but he's already gone

Don't tie her down she wants to run
Give her the sun
And if you see - ah, you think that woman is gonna leave
You can follow her - but she's already gone

Don't tie me down I want to run
Give me the sun
And if you see, ah, you think that I'm just about to leave
You can follow me - but I'm already gone

Give me the sun
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