Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado’s debut single became a worldwide smash hit, charting number 9 in the US, number 1 in Canada, and number 2 in Australia. In 2006 Furtado said of the song:
I’ve heard it sung at karaoke or by cover bands, and it was awesome — I was like, wow, I’ve got one of those songs. Somebody once...
[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
[Break]
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
I’m Like a Bird was written by Nelly Furtado.
I’m Like a Bird was produced by Track & Field.
Nelly Furtado released I’m Like a Bird on Tue Oct 24 2000.
In 2018, NPR ranked this as the #56 greatest song by a female or nonbinary artist in the 21st century, saying:
Inescapable and infectious, ‘I’m Like a Bird’ catalyzed Nelly Furtado’s swift rise to pop stardom (and supermarket soundtracks) across the globe and provided an exuberant, Grammy-winning f...
I have pigeons that keep leaving eggs in my planters. We’re on our fourth set of baby pigeons now. Maybe I was a pigeon in a past life or maybe a finch or condor or even a pterodactyl – they’re big and strong and getting places."
Nelly Furtado via MetroUK