Turn me loose from your hands Let me fly to distant lands Over fields, trees and mountains Flowers forest fountains Home along the lanes of the skyway
For this dark and lonely room Projects a shadow cast in And my eyes are mirrors Of the world outside Thinking of the way That the wind turn the tide And these shadows turn purple into grey
For just a Skyline Pigeon Dreaming of the open Waiting for the day He can spread his wings And fly away again Fly away pigeon fly Towards the dreams left so very far behind
Just let me wake up in the morning To smell of new mown hay To laugh and cry, to live and die In the of my day
I want to hear the pealing bells Of distant churches sing But of all please free me From this aching metal ring And open out this cage towards the sun