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 ‘til 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 ‘tween 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.