[00:15.032] For my openin' line[00:17.938] I might try to indicate my state of mind[00:22.535] Or turn you on[00:25.940] And tell you that I'm laughin'[00:28.347] Just to keep from cryin'[00:30.954] Pretty music, when you hear it[00:34.607] Keep on tryin' to get near it[00:38.684] A little rhythm for your spirit[00:42.509] But that's what it's for[00:44.638] C'mon in here's the door[00:46.916] I've seen a sparrow get high[00:50.957] And waste his time in the sky[00:54.554] He thinks it's easy to fly[00:58.102] He's just little bit freer than I[01:01.175] Now here's a mystery[01:04.519] Maybe you can help to make it clear to me[01:08.914] When you're fast asleep[01:12.018] Then what is it that's lightin' up the dreams you see[01:16.743] All your tears can't conceal it[01:20.561] All your prayers may not reveal it[01:24.752] You got soul so you can feel it[01:28.813] And when you make the scene[01:30.759] Then you'll know what I mean[01:32.719] Now I've seen a sparrow get high[01:36.892] And waste his time in the sky[01:40.692] He thinks it's easy to fly[01:44.104] He's just little bit freer than I[02:10.009] Down here on the ground[02:13.039] When you fine folks are givin' you the run-arround[02:17.856] Keep your game up tight[02:21.010] And if you must just take your secrets underground[02:25.855] Politicians are trying to speech you[02:29.428] Mad color watchers will try to teach you[02:33.615] Very few will really try to reach you[02:37.370] You get lost in the flack[02:39.466] But that's ok come on back[02:41.735] Now I'd be the last to deny[02:45.434] That I'm just an average guy[02:48.501] And each little bird in the sky[02:52.625] Is just a little bit freer than I[02:55.782] So Ordinary Joe, although they say you're just a lazy so and so[03:03.468] What they think is real[03:06.463] Ain't nothing but an animated puppet show[03:11.149] So don't let time and space confuse you[03:15.158] And don't let name and form abuse you[03:19.024] Let Big Joe Williams blues you[03:22.892] In the light of the sun you can see how they run[03:26.910] I've seen a sparrow get high[03:31.096] And waste his time in the sky[03:34.149] Now don't you know he thinks it's easy to fly[03:38.139] He's just little bit freer than I