But my mind holds the key My body is a cage that keeps me From dancing with the one I love I'm living in an age You're standing next to me My mind holds the key Set my spirit free Set my body free I'm standing on a stage

Alta Mira, like the wind that moves the sea Alta Mira, let it set your spirit free Alta Mira, we can live in harmony Yesterday I said goodbye to all my misery I floated down the river just to see what I could see I came upon the ocean and its beauty took

I need to heart-break-loose-the wind Dedela umoya wami, baba (set my spirit free, father) Take my heart away (repeat) To be the sound of wild geese calling To be ten seasons in a night To dance the sun beyond the tides of war and peace To put silence

Haiti, mon pays Wounded mother I'll never see Ma famille set me free Throw my ashes into the sea Mes cousins jamais nés Hantent les nuits de Duvalier Rien n'arrête nos espirits Guns can't kill what soldiers can't see In the forest we are hiding

Gonna drift to the great wide open Gonna set my spirit free Won't stop till I reach the ocean Gonna break these chains holding me Gonna swim in the coldest river Gonna drink from a mountain spring Deep in the land of the great wide open And let the water

Gonna drift to the great wide open Gonna set my spirit free Won't stop till I reach the ocean Gonna break these chains holding me Gonna swim in the coldest river Gonna drink from a mountain spring Deep in the land of the great wide open And let the water

I need to heart-break-loose-the wind Dedela umoya wami, baba (set my spirit free, father) Take my heart away (repeat) To be the sound of wild geese calling To be ten seasons in a night To dance the sun beyond the tides of war and peace To put silence