I was born on a rock where the stars didn't shine,

now I soar like a leaf on the wind,

The clouds were polluted, the sea filled with brine,

now I soar like a leaf on the wind,

I swore to myself that above it I'd rise,

Sail over the mountains and into the skies,

To see the stars brighter than man can devise,

I'd soar like a leaf on the wind.



When governments quarreled, I was called to the fight,

to soar like a leaf on the wind,

I offered my wings to the side I thought right,

to soar like a leaf on the wind,

Now after two sorties, my boat ran aground,

My captors with laurels of vict'ry were crowned,

When the killing was over, my freedom I found,

to soar like a leaf on the wind.



I wandered the whole 'verse, I went where I'd please,

adrift like a leaf on the wind,

I spent a whole month trying to juggle geese,

adrift like a leaf on the wind,

But wherever I went, there was one thing I'd lack,

The stars, they were calling for me to come back,

Farewell to the land and Ni-Hao to the black!

Once more I'm a leaf on the wind.



The Renshaw Boys begged me; Tanaka he raved,

to soar like a leaf on the wind,

Serenity's crew had the one thing I craved,

as I soared like a leaf on the wind,

The moons and the planets each have their own charms,

But the heavens I sought were in Zoe's strong arms,

A warrior, a Goddess, to keep me from harm,

as I soar like a leaf on the wind.



Now sometimes I carry a gun when I roam,

though I soar like a leaf on the wind,

With puppets and dinosaurs, I'm much more at home,

as I soar like a leaf on the wind,

Laughter was always my ally in life,

And humor has always deflected my strife,

It got me through torture, it won me my wife,

and I soar like a leaf on the wind.



It ain't easy to pilot a ship that can't turn,

but I'll soar like a leaf on the wind,

Can't pull crazy Ivans, can't go for hard burn,

but I'll soar like a leaf on the wind,

Now, once you've made sure that the signal gets through,

There's one final thing that I want you to do,

Put me where I'll see stars, so that I can see you,

and I'll soar like a leaf on the wind.