George Baker Selection - Paloma Blanca (1976)

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Note: Click "Show More" for lyrics. Paloma Blanca, often called Una Paloma Blanca, is the title of a song written by the Dutch musician George Baker and first recorded by his band The George Baker Selection. The single was a hit throughout Europe, and was taken from the group's fifth album of the same name.

The song became a number-one hit on the U.S. Billboard Easy Listening Singles chart in early 1976 (becoming that chart's overall number 1 song for 1976) and peaked at number 26 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, as well as peaking at number thirty-three on the U.S. Hot Country Singles charts. The title is Spanish for "white dove".

Lyrics:

Paloma Blanca (Bouwens / Warner Music, Inc)

When the sun shines on the mountains
And the night is on the run
It's a new day
It's a new way
And I fly up to the sun

I can feel the morning sunlight
I can smell the new mown hay
I can hear god's voices calling
On my golden skylight way

Una paloma blanca
I'm just a bird in the sky
Una paloma blanca
Over the mountains I fly
No one can take my freedom away

Once I had my share of losing
Once they locked me on a chain
Yes, they tried to break my power
Oh, I still can feel the pain

Una paloma blanca
I'm just a bird in the sky
Una paloma blanca
Over the mountains I fly
Yes no one can take my freedom away
Yes no one can take my freedom away

When the sun shines on the mountains
And the night is on the run
It's a new day
It's a new way
And I fly up to your sun

Una paloma blanca
I'm just a bird in the sky
Una paloma blanca
Over the mountains I fly
No one can take my freedom away

Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh