Released: June 5, 2001
Songwriter: Alicia Keys
Producer: Alicia Keys
[Verse 1]
Mmm
Right now, I feel like a bird
Caged without a key
Everyone comes to stare at me
With so much joy and revelry
They don't know how I feel inside
Through my smile, I cry
They don't know what they're doing to me
Keeping me from flying
That's why I say that
[Pre-Chorus]
I know why the caged bird sings
And only joy comes from song
She's so rare and beautiful to others
Why not just set her free?
[Chorus]
So she can fly, fly, fly
Spreading her wings and her song
Let her
Fly, fly, fly
For the whole world to see
[Outro]
Mmm-hmm
Hey, hey, oh, mmm
She's like a caged bird
Fly, fly
Ooh, just let her fly
Just let her fly
Just let her fly
Spread the wings
Spread the beauty
Mmm
Right now, I feel like a bird
Caged without a key
Everyone comes to stare at me
With so much joy and revelry
They don't know how I feel inside
Through my smile, I cry
They don't know what they're doing to me
Keeping me from flying
That's why I say that
[Pre-Chorus]
I know why the caged bird sings
And only joy comes from song
She's so rare and beautiful to others
Why not just set her free?
[Chorus]
So she can fly, fly, fly
Spreading her wings and her song
Let her
Fly, fly, fly
For the whole world to see
[Outro]
Mmm-hmm
Hey, hey, oh, mmm
She's like a caged bird
Fly, fly
Ooh, just let her fly
Just let her fly
Just let her fly
Spread the wings
Spread the beauty
Songs in A Minor (10th Anniversary Edition) [Collector’s Edition]
- The Life
- Caged Bird
- Lovin U
- Butterflyz (The Drumline Mix)
- Fallin’ (Ali Soundtrack Version)
- I Got a Little Something (Live in Seattle)
- Typewriter
- Girlfriend (KrucialKeys Sista Girl Mix)
- Juiciest (Mixtape Version)
- If I Was Your Woman (Original Funky Demo)
- Ghettoman
- I Won’t (Crazy World)
- Piano Mashup (Live in Seattle)
- Butterflyz
- Never Felt This Way (Interlude)
- Girlfriend
- Goodbye
- Why Do I Feel So Sad
- Fallin’
- A Woman’s Worth
- Troubles
- How Come You Don’t Call Me
- Piano & I
- Rock wit U
- A Woman’s Worth (Remix)
- Jane Doe
- Mr. Man
- Light My Fire (Live in Seattle)
- If I Ain’t Got You
- Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down
- No One
- Girl on Fire
- It’s On Again
- Girl on Fire (Inferno Version)
- Unthinkable (Remix)
- Fallin’
- You Don’t Know My Name
- Un-Thinkable (I’m Ready)
- Underdog
- In Common
- Show Me Love
- Diary
- Blended Family (What You Do For Love)
- Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart
- So Done
- Fire We Make
- Brand New Me
- Show Me Love (Remix)
- Like You’ll Never See Me Again
- Gramercy Park
- Superwoman
- Holy War