There was a time when I was young I'd lie in the tall grass and stare at the sun Nothing to do but dig in the dirt Long before my heart learned how to hurt But you took those young days from me Unlatched the cage, set the wild bird free Your once golden heart gilded her wings Sent her flying to fall beneath White are the mountains that hold up the sky The river is frozen, the well's running dry I stood in the bed where our flowers have died You stole the rose color out of my eyes Yeah, you took those young days from me Unlatched the cage, set the wild bird free Then your silver tongue gilded her wings Sent her flying to fall beneath You took those young days from me Unlatched the cage, set the wild bird free Then your silver tongue gilded her wings Sent her flying to fall beneath Yeah, you took those young days from me Unlatched the cage, set the wild bird free Then your silver tongue gilded her wings Sent her flying to fall beneath