I Was A Bird

Performed By: Mary Chapin Carpenter 

With Allison Krauss

Album: The Age of Miracles
(April 2010)

I was a bird that loved to fly.

Catching the wind as it went south.

And I could touch every inch of sky,

And the sweetest songs trilled from my mouth.

But I'm no bird anyone can see,
And there's no wind waiting for me.

It's just a dream, It's just a dream.

To be a bird flying free.

I was a cloud that loved to drift,

Offering shade to lay upon. 

And the greenest grass was my gift,
And a summer day was my song.

But I'm no cloud anyone can see,

And there's just dust instead of green.

It's just a dream, It's just a dream,
To be a cloud drifting free.

I was a light that loved to dance,
without a care of who might see.
I tempted fate and welcomed chance,
And I held the world inside of me.

The clouds have fled,

And the birds have flown.

And the light that was is all but gone.
It's just a dream, It's just a dream.

To be a light,To be a cloud,

To be a bird,
Flying Free!




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