Blackbird
Hi blackbird
hi, blackbird
In my room sunlight through my window
my voice, sounds young somehow
Hi blackbird
hi, blackbird
Downstairs I hear my mother,
downstairs I hear my sister, father
Downstairs I hear my father
downstairs I hear my sister, mother
Did I ever tell you of my life?
Did I ever hold it to the light?
Did I ever tell you of my life?
and how my blackbird sings
how my blackbird sings
I remember your voice as you told us
I remember my mother's fears
The memories, pushed under the floorboards
Screaming through all the years
I remember you leaving us, like water
I remember standing up as your eldest daughter
I remember the insistence,
the insistence it will all be fine
We will all be fine, fine, fine
Did I ever tell you of my life?
Did I ever hold you to the light?
Did I ever tell you of my life?
and how my blackbird sings
how this blackbird sings
Blackbird
Blackbird
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Mother, where are you now?
Sister where are you now?
Father where are you now?
Where are you now?
Mother, where are you now?
Sister where are you now?
Father where are you now?
Where are you now?
Sunshine through my window...