Some Things Meant to Be Free

You can’t catch me,1

Cos there’s some things just meant to be free,2

If you’re trying to grab my heart,3

You’ll never have a strong enough dart,4

I’m free as the air,5

Free as the sky,6

Don’t try to hold me,7

I’m too free; I’ll fly,8

You want to keep me safe?9

You want to hold my hand?10

Please don’t make me laugh,11

You still don’t understand.12

You can’t catch me,13

Cos there’s some things just meant to be free,14

If you’re trying to grab my heart,15

You’ll never have a strong enough dart,16

I don’t want to hear your love songs,17

They’ll pull me back to earth,18

I don’t want to hear your sadness,19

My ears will only hear mirth.20

I’m not listening for your sonnets,21

Your poems warm and strong,22

I’m hearing only running water,23

And the softness of the birdsong,24

You can’t catch me,25

Cos there’s some things just meant to be free,26

If you’re trying to grab my heart,27

You’ll never have a strong enough dart,28

If you’re gonna snatch my fingers,29

Prepare for quite some ride,30

Cos I’m flying in the air,31

And laughing deep inside,32

If you’re gonna catch me a songbird,33

You’ll watch me set it free,34

If you really want to love me,35

You’ll have to leave me be.36

You can’t catch me,37

Cos there’s some things just meant to be free,38

If you’re trying to grab my heart,39

You’ll never have a strong enough dart,40

You can love me in the morning,41

Or in the evening fair,42

I know when I turn I’ll see your eyes,43

You’re just always there,44

I don’t want your company,45

I don’t want your life,46

I don’t want to see your smile,47

Please don’t waste your strife,48

You can’t catch me,49

Cos there’s some things just meant to be free,50

If you’re trying to grab my heart,51

You’ll never have a strong enough dart,52

You’re binding me down to the earth below,53

You’re trapping me with vines,54

Every word you speak to me,55

Every one of your poisonous lines,56

Just let me fly away from you,57

Just let me be like me,58

Why can’t you understand,59

I just want to be free.