Free as a Bird

Kelsey Atkinson

Guitar Chords: C E Am F (Repeat throughout)

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I am to be so’s not to be,
All the world’s a cage to me.
But tomorrow and tomorrow,
I know someday I will be free

Chorus:
I’ll be free
I’ll be free
Take my word
I’ll be free
as a … bird.

I’ll be dead age 7 weeks,
Unless egg laying’s for me,
Then I get 2 years
Before they slaughter me ya hear.

You know, I’d eat my eggs
If you weren’t eating ‘em instead
I lose nutrients after I lay ‘em
So they’re not yours for the takin’.
(Chorus)

I’ve never been outside,
Cage-free life, am I right?
Some say life’s better pasture-raised,
But best of all not on your plate.

They feed me arsenic,
Hormones and corn and other shit,
Grow 4x faster than I should,
For me nor you this isn’t good.

Chorus 2:
We’ll be free
We’ll be free
Take my word
We’ll be free
as the… birds

Our bones get crushed under our weight,
Lungs burn from ammonia piss in this place,
They sear our beaks right from our face
Or we’d peck each other an early grave

Sperm’s injected into my rectum,
Layin’ babes – I can’t protect em
Girls lay eggs until they die,
Baby boys get ground alive

Chorus2
(We’ll be free...
....As the birds)

They’re calling me fresh meat
Like they got nothing else to eat
A source of lean protein
I’m so much more than that ya see

Being different doesn’t mean less,
Lets put animal farming to rest
No one’s entitled to my body
And I’m no one’s property

We’ll be free
I’ll be free
Take my word
We’ll be free
I’lll be free
as a bird