We were runnin' hard from Greedo
We needed one more haul to pay our debt
A lady up ahead waved to flag us down
We got into a fight
"Oh, where you goin' to, Your Highnessness?
It's a shame you ruined your gown in the chase"
She just looked out the window. She said
"Fourth Moon, Yavin way"

Something about her was familiar
I could swear I'd seen her face before
But she said, "You're imagining things"
And she didn't say anything more

It took a while, but she looked in the mirror
And I called her at last by her first name
A smile seemed to come to her slowly
It was a sad smile just the same
And she said, "My hands are dirty"
I said, "My hands are, too
Through the too many rows and the too little smiles
I'm still in love with you"

It was somewhere in a fairy tale
I tried to take her home to Reb base
We learned about love while the Empire we dodged
The lesson didn't get too far
You see, she will always be a Princess
And I will always have to fly
Fett took off with me for bounty
And she took off with a Jedi

Oh, I've got something inside me
To drive that Princess blind
There's that old Ben wizard
Confidin' in me
Illuminatin' my mind
Oh, I've got something inside me
Not what my life's about
'Cause I've been letting my outside tide me
Over 'til my time
Runs out

Leia's so sad that she's crying
Yes, she's crying
Afraid to fall
I'll tell you why Leia's crying
'Cause she's dying
Aren't we all?

There was not much more for us to talk about
Whatever we had once was gone
So I turned to Chewie bound beside me
And said "Take care of her while I'm gone"
And we tried to stay together
And Chewie, how he howled with rage
As they handed me over all I could
do was stare. She said
"Flyboy, I love you"

Well, another man might have been angry
And another man might have been hurt
But another man never would have let her go
I felt my heart through my shirt

And she watched me go in silence
It's strange how you never know
In a galaxy far, far away
Such a long, long time ago

You see, she will always be a Princess
And I will always have to fly
Fett took off with me for bounty
And she took off with a Jedi

And she must be actin' happy
Back in her Rebel home
And me, I'm here in Jabba's palace
In carbonite, sittin' stone

I go flyin'
so high
while I'm stone

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