Richard Pryor Addresses A Tearful Nation

Sometimes I think I've almost fooled myself

Sometimes I think I've almost fooled myself

Spreading out my wings

Above us like a tree

Laughing now, out loud

Almost like I was free (2x)

I look at you as the thing I wanted most

You look at me, and it's like you've seen a ghost

I wear the face

Of all this has cost

Everything you tried to keep away from me

Everything I took from you and lost (2x)

Lights shine above me, they're like your eyes above the street

Lights shine below me, they're like stars beneath my feet

I stood on your shoulders

And I walked on my hands

You watched me while I tried to fall

You can't bear to watch me land (2x)

Take me away, carry me like a dove

Take me away, carry me like a dove

Love me like you're lying

Let me feel you near

Remember me for trying

And excuse me while I disappear (2x)

I disappear...disappear