Yesterday's world is a dream
Like a river that runs through my mind
Made of fields and the white pebbled stream
That I knew as a child

Butterfly wings in the sun
Taught me all that I needed to see
For they sang, sang to my heart
Oh, look at me, look at me

Free as the wind, free as the wind
That is the way you should be
Free as the wind, free as the wind
That is the way you should be

Love was the dream of my life
And I gave it the best I knew how
So it always brings tears to my eyes
When I think of it now

Gone like the butterfly days
And the youth that I once used to be
But my heart still hears a voice
Telling me look and you'll see

Free as the wind, free as the wind
That is the way you should be
Free as the wind, free as the wind
That is the way you should be
There's no regret that I feel
For the bitter sweet taste of it all
If you love there's a chance you may fly
If you fall, well you fall

Rather the butterfly life
To have lived for a day and been free
For my heart still hears that voice
Telling me "look and you will see"

Free as the wind, free as the wind
That is the way you should be
Free as the wind, free as the wind
That is the way you should be