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When the stars shine bright through the engine’s trail And the dust of another world drops behind When my ship is free of the open sky That’s a damn good day to my way of mind There’s a barren planet you never can leave There’s a rocky valley where we lost a war There’s a cross once hung round a soldier’s neck There’s a man’s faith died on Serenity’s floor But I stood my ground and I’ll fly once more The last oath that I ever swore [Chorus] Take my love, take my land Take me where I cannot stand I don’t care, I’m still free You can’t take the sky from me Take me out into the black Tell ’em I ain’t comin’ back Burn the land and boil the sea You can’t take the sky from me You can’t take the sky from me When you see a man and he’s standin’ alone Well you might just take him for an easy mark And there’s many a man has tried his hand And there’s worse than wolves in the borderland dark From the savage men to the government hounds Try to take what’s yours and tear you through But them that run with me got my back It’s a fool don’t know that his family’s his crew Don’t tell me what I cannot do Don’t think I’ve got to run from you [Chorus] When you’ve walked my road, when you’ve seen what I’ve seen Well you won’t go talkin’ ’bout righteous men You’ll know damn well why I want to keep to my sky Never cry ’neath nobody’s heel again I’ve seen torment raked ’cross innocent souls Seen sane men mad and good men die I’ve been hounded, hated, married and tricked Been tortured, cheated, shot and tied You won’t see no tears when I say goodbye
