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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elvis Presley
Performer
The Jordanaires
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
JERRY LEIBER
Composer
Mike Stoller
Composer
Lyrics
There's no joy in my heart only sorrow
And I'm sad as a man can be
I sit alone in the darkness of my lonely room
And this room is a prison to me
I look out my window and what do I see
I see a bird way up in a tree
I want to be free (oh yes), free (oh yes), free
I wanna be free
Like a bird in the tree
Oh, what good are my eyes they can't see you
And my arms they can't hold me so tight
I have two lips that are yearning
But they're no good to me
'Cause I know I can't kiss you tonight
I look out my window and what do I see
I see a bird way up in a tree
I want to be free (oh yes), free (oh yes), free
I wanna be free
Like a bird in the tree
I wanna be free
Like a bird in a tree
(Want to be free)
Writer(s): Isaac Hayes, Leroy Bonner, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin R. Pierce, Melvin Kent, Clarence Satchell, Todd Anthony Shaw, Marshall E. Jones, James L. Williams, Willie Beck, Kenneth Williams, J. R. Bailey
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