Nicolette Aubourg

Lyrics

In My Cage
for animals suffering in captivity (see footnote*)

Does anyone hear me when I hit the floor?
Does anyone hear me when you close the door
to my cage? Does anyone hear me?

You say you need me to brighten up your world –
make the children smile, teach them all you’ve learned
of my ways when I was wild.

Free me! Why don’t you free me
from this cage you’ve locked me in?
Hear me! Why can’t you hear me
calling those I left behind
when I was wild?

I remember the taste of rain, distant calls at night,
the earth beneath my feet, green and golden light,
no horizons – starry skies!

Free me! Why don’t you free me
from this cage you’ve locked me in?
Hear me! Why can’t you hear me
calling those I left behind
when I was wild?

The open spaces I used to roam – they were my home.
Running wild, the sun and moon they were my guide.

Does anyone hear me in my cage?
Does anyone hear me in my cage, in my cage?

Music & Lyrics by Nicolette Aubourg © 2016

*NOTE:
Animals are suffering in captivity all over the world, particularly in zoos,
circuses, and laboratories. Please consider helping organizations such as
the following that protect animals in the wild or provide sanctuaries:
http://www.pawsweb.org (Performing Animal Welfare Society)
http://www.bornfree.org.uk (Born Free)
http://www.navs.org (National Anti-Vivisection Society)
http://www.hsi.org (Humane Society International)
http://www.awf.org (African Wildlife Foundation)
http://www.worldwildlife.org (World Wildlife Fund)
http://aldf.org (Animal Legal Defense Fund)