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   I was born on a rock where the stars didn't shine,
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   Now I soar like a leaf on the wind,
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   The clouds were polluted, the sea filled with brine,
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   Now I soar like a leaf on the wind,
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        I swore to myself that above it I'd rise,
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        Sail over the mountains and into the skies,
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        To see the stars brighter than man can devise,
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        I'd soar like a leaf on the wind.

   When governments quarreled, I was called to the fight,
   To soar like a leaf on the wind,
   I offered my wings to the side I thought right,
   To soar like a leaf on the wind,
        Now after two sorties, my boat ran aground,
        My captors with laurels of vict'ry were crowned,
        When the killing was over, my freedom I found,
        To soar like a leaf on the wind.

   I wandered the whole 'verse, I went where I'd please,
   Adrift like a leaf on the wind,
   I spent a whole month trying to juggle geese,
   Adrift like a leaf on the wind,
        But wherever I went, there was one thing I'd lack,
        The stars, they were calling for me to come back,
        Farewell to the land and Ni-Hao to the black!
        Once more I'm a leaf on the wind.

   The Renshaw Boys begged me; Tanaka he raved,
   To soar like a leaf on the wind,
   Serenity's crew had the one thing I craved,
   As I soared like a leaf on the wind,
        The moons and the planets each have their own charms,
        But the heavens I sought were in Zoe's strong arms,
        A warrior, a Goddess, to keep me from harm,
        As I soar like a leaf on the wind.

   Now sometimes I carry a gun when I roam,
   Though I soar like a leaf on the wind,
   With puppets and dinosaurs, I'm much more at home,
   As I soar like a leaf on the wind,
        Laughter was always my ally in life,
        And humor has always deflected my strife,
        It got me through torture, it won me my wife,
        And I soar like a leaf on the wind.

   It ain't easy to pilot a ship that can't turn,
   But I'll soar like a leaf on the wind,
   Can't pull crazy Ivans, can't go for hard burn,
   But I'll soar like a leaf on the wind,
        Now, once you've made sure that the signal gets through,
        There's one final thing that I want you to do,
        Put me where I'll see stars, so that I can see you,
        And I'll soar like a leaf on the wind.

             Put me where I'll see stars, so that I can see you,
             And I'll soar like a leaf on the wind.

                      soar like a leaf on the wind
                      soar like a leaf on the wind 
                      soar like a leaf on the wind 
                      soar like a leeeeeeaf
                                             on the wind