“So I wait for the day
when I'll hear the key
as it turns in the lock
And the guard will say to me,
"Oh my patient prisoner
you waited for this day and finally,
you are free!
You are free!
You are free!"”

From A Balance Beam
Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002)

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Come and sail on my golden sea,
Maybe one day you’ll be just like me,
And that’s free.”

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Lyrics

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