All my life I wanted to fly, Like the birds that you see way up in the sky; Making circles in the morning sun, Flying high in the sky until the day is done. I can't break away.
Like a child in his fantasy, Punching holes in the walls of reality; All my life I wanted to fly, But I don't have the wings, and I wonder why, I can't break away. I can't break away.
Whoa, well Mama told me when I was young, Stand tall, girl, you're number one. She said, you can be what you wanna be, But you can't change the course of your destiny. I can’t break away. No, no, no, no, no, I can't break away.
Yeah, I said, I said, woo hoo, One is one and two is two. You want me and I have you. Black is black and white is white, Just come out in the middle between day and night. I can't break away. No, no, no, no, no, I can't break away. Well, yeah, yeah, yeah-hey-hey!
Well, Mama told me when I was young, Stand tall, girl, you're number one. She said, you can be what you wanna be, But you can't change the course of your destiny. I can't break away. No, no, no, no, no, I can't break away. Well, I can't, I can't, I can't break away. No, no, no, no, no, I can't break away. Woo ooh hoo hoo hoo, I can't break away.