Nina Simone

Birds flying high you know how I feel
Sun in the sky you know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by you know how I feel

(refrain:)x2
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me


And I'm feeling good

Fish in the sea you know how I feel
River running free you know how I feel
Blossom on the tree you know how I feel

((refrain))

And I’m feeling good

Dragonfly out in the sun you know what I mean, don't you know
Butterflies all havin' fun you know what I mean
Sleep in peace when day is done
That's what I mean

And this old world is a new world
And a bold world
For me

Stars when you shine you know how I feel
Scent of the pine you know how I feel
Oh freedom is mine
And I know how I feel

((refrain))

             I'm not really feeling so hot.  But this song is so emotional and so full of soul, it's been occupying my mind of the late.  I've become awfully intrinsic and thoughtful.  Not thoughtful as in kind, but thoughtful as in pondering.  I hate knowing that I'm on a computer right now.  I hate knowing that I used my ipod 30 minutes ago.  I hate knowing I watched TV today.  I feel guilty in a way.  It's against all of my morals-I'm so in tune to mother nature and her gifts, and yet I cannot seem to part from by beloved technology.  If I had to choose, I would pick the scent of pine and stars that shine over technology anyday.  Meanwhile I'm caught straddling this ever-stradled fence, trying to figure out why exactly I've found myself in this position and how exactly to find a solution.  I don't know if there is a reasonable soultion.  Perhaps that's just it-it's time for me to become unreasonable.  I miss nature's kiss much more then I could ever miss myspace's.  Blossom on the tree, do you know how I feel?  Butterflies all havin' fun, you can't know how I feel.    River running free you could never possible know how I feel.

Freedom is not yet mine.