Turn me loose from your hands Let me fly distant lands Over green fields, trees and mountains and forest fountains Home along the lanes of the skyway
For this dark and lonely room Projects a shadow cast in gloom And my eyes are mirrors the world outside Thinking of the way the wind can turn the tide And these shadows turn From purple into grey
For just a Skyline Pigeon Dreaming of open Waiting the day He can spread his wings And fly away again Fly away skyline pigeon Towards the dreams You've left so very far behind
Just let me wake up in the morning To the smell of new mown hay laugh and cry, to live and die In the brightness 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