Paloma Blanca -- George Baker Selection

When the sun shines on the mountain  And the night is on the run

I can hear God's voice is calling  For my golden sky light way

Over the mountains I fly  No one can take my freedom away

Yes they tried to break my power  oh I still can feel the pain

It has been suggested the song was inspired by the Portuguese "Carnation Revolution" of 1974 - i.e. the liberation of the dove. Clearly it is a song about freedom, but songs about birds frequently have this theme. The John/Taupin composition "Skyline Pigeon" is strikingly similar, and may have inspired it. This track was re-released as the B Side of "Daniel" in 1973, and it it is not unlikely Bouwens - consciously or otherwise - borrowed its "Let me wake up in the morning to the smell of new mown hay" for his lyric "I can smell the new mown hay.                                                                             (songfacts)  

     

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Once I had my share of losing   for they locked me on a chain

(**)  Una paloma blanca  I'm just a bird in the sky  Una paloma blanca

I can feel the morning sunlight  I can smell the new-mown hay

It's a new day  It's a new way  And I fly up to the sun