I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1976)

Wish, I knew how it would feel to be free

I wish, I could break all the chains, that still bindin' me, yeah

I wish I could say all the things, that I can say when I'm relaxed

I'd be starting anew

I wish I could be, like a bird in the sky (don't leave me)

How sweet it would be to find that I could fly

I'd soar, to the sun and look down at the sea

Then I'd sing, 'cause I know how it feels to be free

Then I'd sing, 'cause I know how it feels to be free

I wish I could share all the love that's in my heart

I wish I could break all the things that bind us apart

I wish you could know what it means, to be me

Then you'd see, you'd agree, everybody, should be free

'Cause if we ain't we're murderers

I wish, I could be like a bird in the sky

How sweet, it would be to find, that I could fly

Soar to the sun, look down at the sea

Yeah, I'd know, yes, I'd know

Oh yeah, spirits movin' now

I know

Got news for you, I already know

Johnathan Livingston Seagull ain't got nothin' on me

Free, free, free, free

I'm free and I know it

Don't want to be ya' and I'll show it

But I'm still free

Believe in me, it's all right

And I'd sing, sing, sing

'Cause I would know

I already know

I already know

I found out how it feels

Not to be chained

To anything

To any race

To any faith

To anybody

To any creed

To any hopes

To any, anything

I know how it feels to be free