When the stars shine bright through the engine's trail
And the dust of another world drops behind
When my ship is free of the open sky
That's a [bad word] good day to my way of mind
There's a barren planet you never can leave
There's a rocky valley where we lost a war
There's a cross once hung round a soldier's neck
There's a man's faith died on Serenity's floor
But I stood my ground and I'll fly once more
The last oath that I ever swore

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out into the black
Tell 'em I [bad word]  back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
You can't take the sky from me

When you see a man and he's standin' alone
Well you might just take him for an easy mark
And there's many a man has tried his hand
And there's worse than wolves in the borderland dark
From the savage men to the government hounds
Try to take what's yours and tear you through
But them [bad word] with me got my back
It's a fool don't know that his family's his crew
Don't tell me what I cannot do
Don't think I've got [bad word] from you

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out into the black
Tell 'em I [bad word]  back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
You can't take the sky from me

When you've walked my road, when you've seen what I've seen
Well you won't go talkin' 'bout righteous men
You'll know [bad word] well why I want to keep to my sky
Never cry 'neath nobody's heel again
I've seen torment raked 'cross innocent souls
Seen sane men mad and good men die
I've been hounded, hated, married and tricked
Been tortured, cheated, shot and tied
You won't see no tears when I say goodbye
I've still got my family and my Firefly

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out into the black
Tell 'em I [bad word]  back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
You can't take the sky from me