I wander lonely as a cloud   I keep my head above the crowd   Ain't nobody else as big as me   But I must remember friends   What has to start just has to end   Everybody's got a destiny      And I know when the swallows flies   Yes I know, and the earth just dies   Then I'll be told what I am   The swallow and me      I'll look after number one   I'll forget the beggar's son   Everybody's got to stay alive   I'll keep a-walking amongst the clouds   I'll keep my head above the crowd   I'll watch them live, I'll watch them die      And I know when the swallows flies   Yes I know, and the earth just dies   Then I'll be told what I am   The swallow and me      And I know when the swallows flies   Yes I know, and the earth just dies   Yes I know when the swallow flies   Yes I know, and the earth just dies