In the springtime You can see nature full and free High up in the trees You can hear the birds them singing songs of freedom Out in the open Everything there is fresh and clean Unlike the life I'm here living All creatures great and small Living together one and all I wanna be The way I wanna be That is the way I wanna be Like the birds in the tree yeh They're going tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet etc. Singing songs of freedom Singing songs of freedom Living in the city No chains around my feet But still I am not free No handcuffs on my hand But I've got my dignity I wanna be The way I wanna be That is the way I wanna be Like the birds in the tree yeh They're going tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet etc. Singing songs of freedom Singing songs of freedom See as a youth living in the city Can't get no work Can't get no job Can't get no money to put in my pocket I can't get a thing to have of my own That's why I wanna be free That's why I wanna be free Like the bird in the tree Like the bird in the tree They're going tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet etc. Singing songs of freedom Singing songs of freedom Yes in the springtime You can feel nature full and free High up in the trees You can hear the birds them singing songs of freedom Out in the open Everything there is fresh and clean Unlike the life I'm here living All creatures great and small Living together one and all I wanna be The way I wanna be Just like the birds in the trees They're going tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet etc.