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Artist: Alicia Keys
Canonical path: /alicia-keys/caged-bird
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Caged Bird
Read Caged Bird lyrics by Alicia Keys on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Caged Bird
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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 doin' to me
Keeping me from flyin'
That's why I say that
I know why the caged bird sings
Only joy comes from song
She's so rare and beautiful to others
Why not just set her free
So she can
Fly, fly, fly
Spreadin her wings and her song
Let her
Fly, fly fly
For the whole world to see
She's like a caged bird
Fly, fly
Ooh shoulda let her fly
shoulda let her fly
Shoulda let her fly
Spread wings
Spread beauty
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Alicia Keys performs "Caged Bird", and this lyric page sits inside the Alicia Keys catalog on LyroVerse.
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