Nelly Furtado: "I'm Like A Bird" (2000)

"I'm Like a Bird" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado, and produced by Gerald Eaton and Brian West, as the first single from her first album Whoa, Nelly!. It was one of the year's critically acclaimed songs and widely considered as Furtado's signature song. Furtado said that "I'm Like a Bird" is her favourite song: "There's a simplicity about it that I love," she explained. "It's my freedom song".

It was one of the most successful singles of 2001, reaching number one in Canada, number two in Australia and New Zealand, number five in the UK, and number nine in the United States.

It also has received critical acclaim for its free-themed lyrical and Furtado's singing vocal, and became one of the most critically acclaimed songs of 2001. In addition to its critical acclaim, the song won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year. The song won for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, making Furtado the first female act to win the award from her debut single since Mariah Carey did so ten years earlier. It has also won the Juno Award for Single of the Year. (Source: Wikipedia)


- Lyrics:

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
And though my love is rare
Though my love is true

Chorus:
I'm like a bird, I only fly away
I don't know where my 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 only fly away
I don't know where my soul is , I don't know where my home is
All I need for you to know is

Your faith in me brings me to tears
Even after all these years
And it pains me so much to tell
That you don't know me that well
And though my love is rare
Though my love is true

Chorus

It's not that I wanna say goodbye
It's just that every time you try to tell me that you love me
Each and every single day I know
I'm going to have to eventually give you away
And though my love is rare
And though my love is true
Hey I'm just scared
That we may fall through

Chorus x 3