To be free

Oh the places I could go,
the people I could see,
if I were free.
If I were free.

The birds up in the tree,
they'd chirp down at me- at me!
And sing together playfully,
tell the world that I am free.

Oh to be free,
it's a glorious thing.
I stare around me in wonderment.
To see daylight again,
in middle of the day
I just want to say-
I'm free!

To feel the sand on the beach
as we lay in the sun,
oh the fun
we would have
altogether.

To have not a care
in the world,
let my hair
down my back
Wish we'd stay here like this
forever.

I'd like to dance
and to sing-
It's a marvelous thing.
For I am free
yes I'm free
at last.

No alarm
to awake,
no lunch I need to make
for I am free
yes I'm free.
It's a blast!

This thing
they call happy
I know what it is!
I can feel it,
this grin that won't leave.

And so
we will go
and have fun
for awhile.
All of this,
I still can't believe.

To quote Martin Luther King Jr. - "Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty I am free at last."