12. Different partners

Different partners than when we first began
Different ways for a boy to be a man
And I say I didn’t know you like the way I thought I did
Different partners with me the little kid

If you could see me
As I should be seen
You’d know the glory of
What this boy might have been
If you could hear me
As I should be heard
You’d know the silent wonder
Of my unspoken words
Of love

If you will take me
As I should be taken
Hear these inward thoughts
And still not be shaken
If you would heal me
As I should be healed
How can I be hold back
Leaving unconcealed
My love?

And I will let you fly like a free bird
Fly like a free bird up on high
No longer will I try to confine you
You’ll fly like a free bird up on high
Fly on high, fly on high away from me