Turn me loose from your hands let me fly to distant lands
Over green fields, trees and mountains flowers and forest fountains
Home along the lanes of the sky away
For the dark and lonely room projects some shadows castin' gloom
And my eyes are mirrors of the world outside
Thinking of the way that the wind can turn the tide
And these shadows turn from purple into grey
For just a skyline pigeon dreaming of the open, waiting for the day
That he can spread his wings and fly away again
Fly away skyline pigeon fly towards the dreams you've left so very far behind
Let me wake up in the morning to the smell of new-moun hay
To laugh and cry, to live and die in the brightness of my day
I wanna hear the pealing bells of distant churches sing
But most of all please free me from this aching metal ring
And open out this cage towards the sun
For just a skyline pigeon dreaming of the open, waiting for the day
That he can spread his wings and fly away again
Fly away skyline pigeon fly towards the dreams you've left so very far behind