Refractions Lyrics - Bobbie Gentry

I had a most distressing dream last night 

I dreamed I was a crystal bird 

Caught in perpetual flight 

I'd ascend and glide and descend and ride 

On the wind and never alight 

I had a most distressing dream last night 

Glass enclosed, exposed wherever I flew 

With no control and a crystal soul 

That one could see right thru 

No ethereal nest where I could rest 

I was frightened by what I knew 

That my two crystal legs were broken in two 

When I awoke my heart was beating fast 

As if all night and endless flight 

An eternity had passed 

As I shook my head and slipped from my bed 

Released from the prism, at last 

I stepped upon a bit of shattered glass