I'm not a rat to be spat on

Locked up in this room

Those bars that look up towards the sun

At night look towards the moon

Every day the swallows play in the clouds of love

Make me wish that I had wings, take me high above

And I looked high and saw the empty sky

If I could only, could only fly

I'd drift with them in endless space

But no one flies from this place

At night I lay upon my bench and stare up towards the stars

The cold night air comes creeping in and home seems oh so far

If I could only swing upon those twinkling dots above

I'd look down from the heavens upon the ones I love

And I looked high, that's right, baby, and saw the empty sky

If I could only, I could only fly

I'd drift with them in endless space

But no one flies from this place

And I looked high and saw the empty sky

If I could only, could only fly

I'd drift with them in endless space

But no one flies from this place, fly on

I've been sending up my love, getting back nothing but tears

Now I got myself locked up in the joint for years

Mama, you know that ain't right

Checking out the skies every night

Nothing but an empty sky