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