for my opening line
i might try to indicate my state of mind
or turn you on or tell you that i am laughing
just to keep from cry
pretty music,when you hear it
keep on trying to get near it
a little rhythm for your spirit
but that's what it's for coming in here's the door
i've get sparrow get high
and waste his time in the sky
he thinks it's easy to fly
he's a little bit free than i
now here's a mystory
maybe you can help to make it clear to me
when you're fast asleep
what is it that's lighting up the dreams you see
all your tears can't conceal it
all you prayers may not reveal it
you got soul so you can feel it
and when you make the scene
then you will know what i mean
i've seen a sparrow get high
and waste his time in the sky
he think it's easy to fly
he's just little bit freer than i
down here on the ground
when you find folks are giving you the run-around
keep your game up tight ang if you must just take your secrets underground
politicians try to speech you
mad color wachers try to teach you
very few will really try to reach you
if you're lost in the stack
that's ok come on back
now i'd be the last to deny
that i'm just an average guy
and don't you know each little bird in the sky
is just little bit freer than i
ordinary joe
although they say you're just a lazy so and so
what they think is real
is nothing but an animated puppet show
so don't let time and space confuse you
and don't let name and form abuse you
let big joe williams blues you
in the light of the sun you can see how they run
i've seen a sparrow get high
and waste his time in the sky
don't you know,he thinks it's easy to fly
he's a little bit freer than i