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