Released: October 24, 2000
Songwriter: Nelly Furtado
Producer: Brian West Gerald Eaton
[Verse 1]
You're beautiful, that's for sure
You'll never ever fade
You're lovely, but it's not for sure
That I won't ever change
[Pre-Chorus]
And though my love is rare
Though my love is true
[Chorus]
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is (Soul is)
I don't know where my home is
And baby, all I need for you to know is
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is (Soul is)
I don't know where my home is
All I need for you to know is
[Verse 2]
Your faith in me brings me to tears (Oh)
Even after all these years, years
And it pains me so much to tell
That you don't know me that well
[Pre-Chorus]
And though my love is rare
Though my love is true
[Chorus]
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is (Soul is)
I don't know where my home is
And baby, all I need for you to know is
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is (Soul is)
I don't know where my home is
And baby, all I need for you to know is
[Bridge]
It's not that I wanna say goodbye
It's just that every time you try
To tell me, me that you love me (Oh-oh)
Each and every single day
I know I'm gonna have to eventually
Give you away
[Breakdown]
And though my love is rare, rare, rare
And though my love is true, yeah
Hey, I'm just scared
That we may fall through
Yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
I'm like a bird (I'm like a bird)
I don't know where my soul is (Soul is)
I don't know where my home is
And baby, all I need for you to know is
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is (Soul is)
I don't know where my home is
And baby, all I need for you to know is
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
(I don't know where my soul is)
I don't know where my soul is (Soul is)
(I don't know where my home is, oh)
I don't know where my home is
And baby, all I need for you to know is
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
(I don't know where my soul is)
(I don't know where my home is)
I don't know where my soul is (Soul is)
I don't know where my home is
And baby, all I need for you to know is
[Outro]
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is (Soul is)
I don't know where my home is
And baby, all I need for you to know is
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is (Soul is)
I don't know where my home is
You're beautiful, that's for sure
You'll never ever fade
You're lovely, but it's not for sure
That I won't ever change
[Pre-Chorus]
And though my love is rare
Though my love is true
[Chorus]
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is (Soul is)
I don't know where my home is
And baby, all I need for you to know is
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is (Soul is)
I don't know where my home is
All I need for you to know is
[Verse 2]
Your faith in me brings me to tears (Oh)
Even after all these years, years
And it pains me so much to tell
That you don't know me that well
[Pre-Chorus]
And though my love is rare
Though my love is true
[Chorus]
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is (Soul is)
I don't know where my home is
And baby, all I need for you to know is
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is (Soul is)
I don't know where my home is
And baby, all I need for you to know is
[Bridge]
It's not that I wanna say goodbye
It's just that every time you try
To tell me, me that you love me (Oh-oh)
Each and every single day
I know I'm gonna have to eventually
Give you away
[Breakdown]
And though my love is rare, rare, rare
And though my love is true, yeah
Hey, I'm just scared
That we may fall through
Yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
I'm like a bird (I'm like a bird)
I don't know where my soul is (Soul is)
I don't know where my home is
And baby, all I need for you to know is
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is (Soul is)
I don't know where my home is
And baby, all I need for you to know is
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
(I don't know where my soul is)
I don't know where my soul is (Soul is)
(I don't know where my home is, oh)
I don't know where my home is
And baby, all I need for you to know is
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
(I don't know where my soul is)
(I don't know where my home is)
I don't know where my soul is (Soul is)
I don't know where my home is
And baby, all I need for you to know is
[Outro]
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is (Soul is)
I don't know where my home is
And baby, all I need for you to know is
I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away
I don't know where my soul is (Soul is)
I don't know where my home is
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- In God’s Hands
- Turn Off the Light
- Night Is Young
- Powerless (Say What You Want)
- Shit on the Radio (Remember the Days)
- Try
- All Good Things (Come to an End)
- I’m Like a Bird
- Maneater
- Say It Right
- Girlfriend in the City
- Whoa, Nelly! (2000)
- Whoa, Nelly! (Special Edition) (2000)
- McMusic 15 [NOR] (2001)
- NOW That’s What I Call Music! 48 [UK] (2001)
- Whoa, Nelly! (Special Asian Edition) (2002)
- Loose - The Concert (2007)
- The Best of Nelly Furtado (2010)
- The Best of Nelly Furtado (Deluxe Version) (2010)
- The Best of Nelly Furtado (Spanish Version) (2010)
- NOW That’s What I Call Love [UK] (2016)
- NOW 100 Hits Sing-A-Long [UK] (2019)
- Whoa, Nelly! (Expanded Edition) (2020)
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- Turn Off the Light
- Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)
- Try
- Do It
- Powerless (Say What You Want)
- Pipe Dreams
- Shit on the Radio (Remember the Days)
- Afraid
- Party’s Just Begun (Again) (Choroni mix)
- Party’s Just Begun (Again) (Gavo’s Deep Fried mix)
- All Good Things (Come to an End) [Italian Version]
- What I Wanted
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- Party’s Just Begun (Again) (Decibel mix)
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