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 k**ing 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