Mary Chapin Carpenter – I Was A Bird (Guitar)

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[Verse]

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I was a bird that loved to fly

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Catching the wind as it went south

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And I could touch every inch of sky

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And the sweetest songs trilled from my mouth

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But I'm no bird anyone can see

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And there's no wind waiting for me

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It's just a dream, it's just a dream

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To be a bird flying free

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I was a cloud that loved to drift

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Offering shade to lay upon

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And the greenest grass was my gift

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And a summer day was my song

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But I'm no cloud anyone can see

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And there's just dust instead of green

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It's just a dream, it's just a dream

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To be a cloud drifting free

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I was a light that loved to dance

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Without a care of who might see

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I tempted fate and welcomed chance

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And I held the world inside of me

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The clouds have fled, and the birds have flown

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And the light that was is all but gone

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It's just a dream, it's just a dream

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To be a light

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To be a cloud

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To be a bird

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Flying free