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We're headed for the Great Smoky Mountains
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To see the wild flowers bloom in spring
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'Cause we've decided that there's no better place to be
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For two young people who just wanna do their thing in the spring
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I know we're gonna be happy
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'Cause James is a freedom fighter and he lives for the moment
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His parents are hippies and he sees everything through a rainbow
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He's never unhappy because he never wears a watch
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He lives on his mountain bike and he sees beauty in everyone
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James says he's gonna change the world
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James says that I am his flower girl
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And James and I, we're gonna make a difference
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Just wait and see
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We're gonna set the world free
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It's two years later now and we're both out of college
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And we've decided to love one another for eternity
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I've got a good job but James says no one understands him
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He's an artist and he needs time to find out what that means
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James says he's gonna change the world
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James says that I am his flower girl
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And James and I, we're gonna make a difference
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Just wait and see
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We're gonna set the world free
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We're gonna set the world free
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We're gonna set the world free
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He answers to a higher calling
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The moon and the sun and the stars are falling
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Through his time and his space
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And I'm lucky to be part of it all
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He is bigger than life
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He sees things, he knows things
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He is not like you and me
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James says he's gonna change the world
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James says that I am his flower girl
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And James and I, we're gonna make a difference
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Just wait and see
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We're gonna set the world free
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James finally found a steady job and now we're gonna settle down
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He still loves his music, but he knows where his priorities lie
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He stepped on his dreams so many times and wore out the path
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He needed to take to find the life he thought would just happen to him
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Like the changing of a season