“There you stood on the edge of your feather
Expecting to fly.
While I laughed, I wondered whether
I could wave goodbye
Knowin' that you'd gone.”

—  Neil Young

Expecting to Fly, from Buffalo Springfield Again
Song lyrics, With Buffalo Springfield

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