As the sun goes down on a one horse town And the home of a girl named Sarah Lee Brown She’s workin’ on a scheme, she’s all of 17 And running from a life that was lonely and mean
Chorus: To be free as a sparrow Flying high to Elderado She’s running past those city limit signs to experience the other side And be free as a sparrow.
She waits at the road with her thumb out in the cold And a raven perched high looking at her below There isn’t much time ‘fore a car pulls alongside With a tremor of fear Sarah Lee gets in side
To be free as a sparrow Flying high to Elderado And the raven cries as she gets inside and then flies away into the night Cause she’s free as a sparrow
A body is found at the outskirts of town And the newspapers say that it’s Sarah Lee Brown Now the sun goes down on that one horse town And the raven retires without making a sound
And she’s free as a sparrow Flying high in Elderado She made it past those city limit signs and she’s laughing on the other side She’s as free as a sparrow