Let me run through a field in the night
Let me lift from the ground ‘till my soul is in flight
Let me sway like the shade of a tree
Let me swirl like a cloud in a storm on the sea
Wish me on my way
Through the dawning day, I
Want to flow, want to rise, want to spill
Want to grow, want to grow
on the side of a hill.

I don’t care if the train runs late
If the checks don’t clear
If the house blows down
I’ll be off where the weeds run wild
Where the seeds fall far from this earth-bound town.

And I’ll start to soar
Watch me rain ‘till I pour
I’ll catch a ship that’ll sail me astray
Get caught in the wind,
I’ll just have to obey
‘Till I’m flying away

Let me leave behind
All the clouds in mind, I
Want to weep without wondering why
Finding myself with a purse full of sky

I’ll just roll
Let me lose all control, I
Want to float like a wish in a well
Free as the sun,
As the sea in a shell

I don’t know
But maybe I’m just a fool
I should keep to the ground, I should stay where I’m at
Maybe everyone has hunger like this and the hunger will pass
But I can’t think like that
All I know is somewhere through a clearing
There’s a flickering of sunlight on a river long and wide
And I have such a river inside.

Let me run through a field in the night
Let me lift from the ground ‘till my soul is in flight
Let me sway like the shade of a tree
Let me swirl like a cloud in a storm on the sea
Wish me on my way
Through the dawning day, I
Want to flow, want to rise, want to spill
Want to grow on the side of a hill
Want to shift like a wave on the wind
Want to drift from the path I’ve been travelling on
Before I am gone.