Sweet Liberty
Paul Gordon Lyrics

It's seven o' clock in the morning
Jane wakes up early in the morning at seven o'clock.

I lift my eyes to autumn skies
Jane looks up at the autumn skies.

I look out through the graveyard
Jane looks through the graveyard.

A silhouetted swallow files
Jane sees a silhouette of a swallow flying.

He flies to distant countries
The swallow flies to distant places.

I lose him just behind a cloud
Jane loses sight of the swallow behind a cloud.

I yearn to be that swallow
Jane wishes to be that flying swallow.

And go where I am not allowed
Jane wants to go to places where she's not allowed.

Over mountains, over oceans
Jane wants to travel over mountains and oceans.

Heaven take me away
Jane asks for heaven to help her go on this journey.

For I long for my liberty
Jane wants to have the freedom to travel and live the way she desires.

For sweet liberty I pray
Jane prays to have the sweet taste of freedom.

It's nine o' clock in the morning
It's nine in the morning and Jane is teaching.

I teach what's been instilled in me
Jane is teaching what she has learned from others.

But is this all we're meant for
Jane questions whether she's meant to do this all her life.

Condemned to mere tranquility?
Jane feels like she's stuck in a life of tranquility.

Well, women feel as men do
Jane states that women feel the same as men do.

We must engage our minds and souls
Jane suggests that they engage their minds and souls to achieve more.

Let us, like our brothers
Jane urges women to be like their brothers and achieve more.

Let our worth define our roles
Jane suggests that their worth should define their roles, and not their gender.

Breaking custom and convention
Jane suggests breaking tradition and conventions.

Let tradition give way
Jane believes tradition should give way to change.

For we all need our liberty
Jane believes that everyone needs the freedom to live as they wish.

For sweet liberty we pray
Jane prays for sweet freedom.

And I wake from my bed
Jane wakes up from her sleep.

With the urge to depart
Jane feels the urge to leave and go somewhere.

And to follow the dreams of my heart
Jane wants to follow her heart and pursue her dreams.

It's twelve o' clock in the pitch black night
It's midnight and it's pitch black outside.

I can't contain my wanderlust
Jane can't control her desire to wander and travel.

I seek a new adventure
Jane is looking for a new adventure.

I search the skies because I must
Jane searches the skies because she feels she must seek the unknown.

I hunger for new faces
Jane craves to see new faces and meet new people.

To find a better destiny
Jane is searching for her destiny.

And fly among the swallows
Jane wants to fly and travel amongst the swallows.

Far beyond the troubled sea
Jane wants to travel far beyond the troubled sea.

'Cross the rivers
Jane wants to cross the rivers.

Past the highlands
Jane wants to pass by the highlands.

With God's wind in my hair
Jane feels the wind in her hair while travelling.

I look out over boundless skies
Jane looks at the boundless skies while travelling.

My spirits rise
Jane's spirit is lifted.

And carry me
Jane is carried by her spirit.

Beyond my past
Jane is moving beyond her past.

Where I will find
Jane will find something new.

Sweet liberty
Jane hopes to find sweet freedom.

My liberty
Jane hopes to gain her freedom.

At last
Jane has finally found what she's looking for.

Heaven let my freedom
Jane wishes for heaven to help her achieve freedom.

Where I will find
Jane believes she will find something new.

Liberty
Jane is searching for her freedom.

At last
Jane hopes to find all that she's searching for.