NELLY FURTADO - I’M LIKE A BIRD

I’M LIKE A BIRD

NELLY FURTADO

SONGWRITER: NELLY FURTADO

COUNTRY: CANADA

ALBUM: WHOA, NELLY

LABEL: DREAMWORKS

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 2000

 

      Whoa, Nelly! is the debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. It was released in North America on October 24, 2000, by DreamWorks Records. Recording sessions for the album took place from 1999 to 2000. It peaked at number twenty-four on the US Billboard 200 chart, and opened to critical acclaim. It produced three international singles: "I'm Like a Bird", "Turn Off the Light" and "Shit on the Radio (Remember the Days)". "Party's Just Begun (Again)" was a club-only single released exclusively in the US before the album's availability in stores, and it was included on the soundtrack of the 1999 film Brokedown Palace. When "Party's Just Begun (Again)" was released, Furtado's label was unsure about the genre in which to market her. They eventually remixed "Party's Just Begun (Again)" and included it on this album as "Party". The DreamWorks label released "Trynna Finda Way" as the fourth single in Mexico and South America, and "Hey, Man!" as the fourth single in the UK and Germany. The album spent seventy-eight weeks on the Billboard 200. It hit double-platinum status in the US in January 2002.

    After the release of the album, Furtado headlined the Burn in the Spotlight Tour and appeared on Moby's Area:One tour. According to Maclean's magazine, Whoa, Nelly! has sold 5-6 million copies Worldwide as of 2006. The album also caught the eye of record producer Timbaland, who later signed Furtado to his record label. 

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

 

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'll 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 end

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

 

I'm like a bird, I'll 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'll only fly away (fly away)

I don't know where my soul is (soul is)

I don't know where my home is

And baby, all I need for you to know is

 

It's not that I wanna' say goodbye

It's just that every time you try

To tell me, me that you love me, oh

Each and every single day

I know I'm going to have to eventually give you away

And though my love is rare, rare, rare

And though my love is true, yeah

I'm just scared that we may fall through

 

Yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah

I'm like a bird (I'm like a bird)

I don't know where my soul is (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'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is (soul is)

I don't know where my home

 

And baby, all I need for you to know isI'm like a bird, I'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is (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 (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'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is (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'll only fly away

I don't know where my soul is (soul is)

I don't know where my home is.