'Stood with my kid on the lonely windswept beach   The winter sun was on the horizon   And we were both out of reach   She ran ahead of me looking for the next surprise   Our souls were wet, yes Lord   From the incoming tide      She stopped and turned and looked at me   Lord, tears in her eyes   It's only a dead bird   And its soul has gone to the sky, yeah, yeah      Don't you know he's free   Not like you and me   That bird is free   Not like you and me      I never ever thought you would be so out of reach   And the lonely times have been like poison, child   I wish I could practise what I preach      Then I can release these feelings that I've been    Holding deep inside   I been missing you so much, baby   We only hear, there can be time   By then you will have forgotten   The little dead bird on the beach   But please don't forget your father, child   Because he's out of reach      I got a dream, baby   And my dream is   To be free   Freedom for you and me   I'm talking about freedom   Freedom for you and me      You hear my music in the wind   Hearbeat like the rolling tide   One thing you can be sure of my love   Wherever you go, I'll hold your love inside      And I told her, look baby   Even if he was living   And you could hold him in your hands   You'd still have to open up one of these days   And let that bird fly, free      She stopped and turned and looked at me,   Lord, with tears in her eyes   It's only a dead bird and its soul has gone to the sky   Don't you know he's free   Freedom for you and me   I'm talking about freedom, freedom   Freedom for you and me   To be free   It's all I need baby   It's all I dream about baby   To be free       (Burdon)