Songbirds

"Songbirds" as sung by Michael Franks
 Life read the grooves and your voice
 ...across the years time travels
 Disappeared songbird I hear
 ...you and my heart unravels
 When I consider
 ...your absence then my smile erases
 Sure the Creator creates
 ...but rarely He replaces
 Songbirds as perfect as you
 Songbird it's true.
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 Neighbors in Woodstock
 ...you played us Perry Como's cover
 Of "Just When I Needed You Most"
 ...trophies aride as treasures.
 When I consider
 .Your absence then my smile erases
 Sure the Creator creates
 ...but rarely He replaces
 Songbirds as perfect as you
 Songbird it's true.
 Meadowlark's oriole,
 Blackbirds and vireos
 Warblers in stereo
 All
 
 It always saddens me,
 ...yielding to gravity,
 When even one
 ...sparrow falls
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 (Interlude)
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 What Divine Musician tunes
 ...the heartbeat of each songbird
 If depression deepens blue
 ...I listen to their songs.
 What Divine Musician tunes
 ...the heartbeat of each songbird
 If depression deepens blue
 ...I listen to their songs.
 Though we can't explain why
 ...time conspires to still too soon some songbirds
 Time can never tame the
 ...heart and gem-like beauty of each song.
 Though we can't explain why
 ...time conspires to still too soon some songbirds
 Time can never tame the
 ...heart and gem-like beauty of each song.
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 Lyrics attempted by JPIII