Once I caught a fish alive
Now I see it's swimming free
It would have been so much fun
To have that fish at home
But it was such a shame
The fish would rather swim alone
But I couldn't just let it go
And I knew it wouldn't thrive
Inside my small aquarium
So I'll set you free
You beautiful fish
I'll let you swim away
You'll be free again
To swim the way you want
And I won't look back
And I won't grieve
I'll set you free
Oh I'll set you free
Chorus:
I won't keep you caged up here with me
You belong out there in the big blue sea
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, no more pain for me and you.
So I threw the fish back into the river, yeah
Where it could swim away and be at peace again, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
And I watched it swim away, and it was beautiful, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.