I Was a Bird chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

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Verse 1
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I was a bird
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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
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trilled from my mouth

Verse 2
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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

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Verse 3

cloud that loved to drift

Offering shade to lay upon

And the greenest grass was my gift

And a summer day was my song

Verse 4
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But I'm no cloud anyone
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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

Interlude 1

Verse 5

I was a light that loved to dance

Without a care of who might see

I tempted fate and welcomed chance

And I held the world inside of me

Verse 6
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The clouds have fled,
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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