Golden Cage
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V1: Like a bird in a golden cage
Beating the bars in a useless rage
But I'm never going to be set free
Never be what I want to be
Here I sit nevermore to fly
Never to soar through the open sky
Feeling my wings grow slack with age
Like a bird in a golden cage
V2: Do you know why the caged bird sings
Sitting all alone with her hobbled wings?
Lonely grief leaves her no choice
To the sky will rise her voice
Like a bird I in sorrow weep
Still one weary hope I keep
That tomorrow's turning page
May set me free of this golden cage
V3: Here I sit staring at the sky
My belly is full and I'm warm and dry
Still another hunger chills my soul
Freedom is my despairing goal
I don't know what each day may bring
All I can do is sit and sing
Sad and weary and filled with rage
Like a bird in a golden cage
Copyright © 1997 by Barb Diederich