You set me here amidst brick and stone

And then you left me all alone

You gave me electric games to play

That led my brain down dead pathways

And you set me at this square-pegged desk

So I could take your mindless test

And you told me not to go outside

Cause I might get poison ivy

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But I am lilac I am stone

I am river I am bone

Arms wide I crash into the sea

Unfettered I shall always be

Unfettered I shall always be

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There was a time my fear made you great

Now your halfhearted affections are too late

I can’t breathe inside your circles of chalk

And I won’t trade my song for all your bland talk

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You tell me what I need to buy

So I would not feel deprived

And show me what I should wear

But your sense of beauty was so threadbare

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I am feather I am sky

I’m the catcher in the rye

I climb the branch of the highest tree

My own horizon for to see

My own horizon for to see

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Once you ran wild as the wind

And kissed the glistening sea

Now your tortured mind sees dollar signs

And you wish the same for me

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But I am lilac I am stone

I am river I am bone

Arms wide I crash into the sea

Unfettered I shall always be

Unfettered I shall always be

All Rights Reserved. Words and Music by Andrew Kutt. ©️2023 Andrew Kutt