In a land far away where the sun doesn't spare a soul    And a twisted tradition has a girl in a strangle hold    Lies a desert with the footprints    Of little girls with a secret    Of a pain    That you and I could never know       Little feet running fast as they can like the bird in flight    Through days of sand with a fire in the sky    And through indigo nights    She runs away from a life spent    Being witness to other unwilling participants    Of a pain    That you and I will never know       [Chorus]       You're a bravebird (bravebird)    Of the rarest kind (kind)    You may be one of the walking wounded    But still you fly       You're a bravebird (bravebird)    You put yourself on the line    When you shared your secret with the world    You saved another mother's child       As she speaks, you can tell that the    Words are not easy to say    They hold the power to transport her back to that impossible day    But she hasn't any regrets    'Cause she won't become a woman with a secret    Of a pain    That you and I could never know    You and I could never know    You and I could never know       [Chorus]