If you go away If you go away On this summer day Then you might as well Take the sun away All the birds that flew In the summer sky When our love was new And our hearts were high

And this bird you can not change But, if I stayed here with you, girl Things just couldn't be the same Cause I'm as free as a bird now Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Lord knows, I can't change If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me? For I must be

Life beginning Wild birds do glide Tattered smoke fades Embers in the pipe Glittering ring

You're like a firebird There's maybe some but none like you I keep my eyes wide open so I But if your words get suddenly blurred Remember that the truth is always worth seeing You're like a firebird in the sky Shining for a challenger in the night Just

And this bird you can not change But, if I stayed here with you, girl Things just couldn't be the same Cause I'm as free as a bird now Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Lord knows, I can't change If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me? For I must be

And this bird you cannot change 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now Oh oh oh oh oh oh And the bird you cannot change Lord knows, I can't change If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me For I must be travelin' on now There's too many places I got

I'd tell you what I'd do I'd teach the birds such lovely words and make them sing for you If the stars were mine If the birds were mine If the world was mine I'd give them all to you I'd pluck them down right from the sky And leave it only blue I would

There must be lights burning brighter somewhere Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue If I can dream of a better land Where all my brothers walk hand in hand Tell me why, oh why, oh why can't my dream come true There must be peace and

And this bird you can not change But, if I stayed here with you, girl Things just couldn't be the same Cause I'm as free as a bird now Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Lord knows, I can't change If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me? For I must be

You're like a firebird You're like I keep my eyes wide open so I But if your words get suddenly blurred You remember that the truth is always worth seeing You're like a firebird in the sky Shining for a challenger in the night Just like a firebird is