"To Live Is to Fly" is a song written by Townes Van Zandt. The name is also that of a biography about the songwriter, by the name To Live's to Fly: The Ballad of the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt.[1] It was covered by Wade Bowen on his album The Given. It was also covered by Cowboy Junkies on their album Black Eyed Man and by Scottish band Primal Scream.