Right now I feel like a bird
Caged without a key
Everyone comes to stare at me
With so much joy and revelry

They don't know how I feel inside
Through my smile I cry
They don't know what they're doing to me
Keeping me from flying

That's why I say that I know
Why the caged bird sings
Only joy comes from song
She's so rare and beautiful to others

Why not just set her free
So she can fly, fly, fly
Spreadin' her wings and her song
Let her fly, fly, fly
For the whole world to see

She's like a caged bird
Fly, fly, just let her fly
Just let her fly, just let her fly
Spread her wings, spread her beauty