The broken wing, it didn't last a spring You shoved me out, before the nest was cold I couldn't fly, but god I tried I hit the ground, and I was on my own Alone in the big blue land With only my legs to stand And no one to lend a hand, or to pick me up ♪ I see the sky, where you would fly And I would wait for you so patiently But I was weak, and soon I had an empty beak I guess I wasn't worth the time And I never had the chance To float in a weightless dance To swim in the great expanse above me The gravity holds me down I'll never escape the ground To live in the careless clouds where I belong