Never heard of the Starland Vocal Band before… my buddy Darren sent me a link to their big hit (Afternoon Delight), but I found this song featuring Margot Chapman that I like. She’s beautiful and can sing… the Google says she was born in 1957 in Hawaii, but nothing else. Is she “native” Hawaiian? Stunning and talented, wow.
Note the bell bottoms and arrival by groovy van. Was this song written by Chapman herself? I can’t find any reference to it.
UPDATE: A reader sent in the following details: “Margot Chapman Kunkel did not write Fly Away, it was written by her friend and former Band member when both were in the band Breakfast Again prior to Starland Vocal Band. Jack Williams wrote it , she originally performed this with BA; she is native Hawaiian and Chapman is her former husband's name; she returned to her maiden name Kunkel in 1978, she is first cousin to drummer Russell Kunkel,all of her work can be found on our StarlandAndMore YouTube channel.“
Your friends will try and make you stay
They'll say you've made your move now
You ought to make it pay
But when the sky is always cloudy
Seems to turn my spirit gray
Well like a little bird
I will fly away
Now the papers you've been signing
Will expire in the spring
And you've never been one for lace and grace
And golden wedding rings
But when you've found the one who loves you
And he's given you everything
Well you know you'll take him with you
When you fly
Fly away, fly away
You know you'll take him with you when you fly
Have you ever given up
When you still had something left
Have you ever played with fantasies
And given them your best
You've been winning, losing
Laughing, cruising
Changing every day
Well you've got to take the time
You've got to ease your troubled mind
Got to take the time to fly away
Fly away, fly away
You've got to make the time to fly away
It's that same old house
And that same old job that you loved just yesterday
When you got it in your head to fly away