Flying free

There is a place I call my own
Where I can stand by the sea
And look beyond the things I've known
And dream that I might be free
Like the bird above the trees
Gliding gently on the breeze
I wish that all my life I'd be
Without a care and flying free!

But life is not a distant sky
Without a cloud, without rain
And I can never hope that I
Can travel on without pain

Time goes swiftly on its way
All too soon we've lost today
I cannot wait for skies of blue
Or dream so long that life is through

So life's a song that I must sing
A gift of love I must share
And when I see the joy it brings
My spirits soar through the air
Like that bird up in the sky
Life has taught me how to fly
For now I know what I can be
And now my heart is flying free!