Sweet Bird Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Out on some borderline
Some mark of in between
I lay down golden in time and woke up vanishing
[Verse 2]
Sweet bird you are
Briefer than a falling star
All these vain promises on beauty jars
Somewhere with your wings on time you must be laughing
[Verse 3]
Behind our eyes
Calendars of our lives
Circled with compromise
Sweet bird of time and change, you must be laughing
Up on your feathers laughing
[Verse 4]
Golden in time
Cities under the sand
Power, ideals and beauty fading in everyone's hands
[Verse 5]
Give me some time
I feel like I'm losing mine
Out here on this horizon line
With the earth spinning and the sky forever rushing
Out on some borderline
Some mark of in between
I lay down golden in time and woke up vanishing
[Verse 2]
Sweet bird you are
Briefer than a falling star
All these vain promises on beauty jars
Somewhere with your wings on time you must be laughing
[Verse 3]
Behind our eyes
Calendars of our lives
Circled with compromise
Sweet bird of time and change, you must be laughing
Up on your feathers laughing
[Verse 4]
Golden in time
Cities under the sand
Power, ideals and beauty fading in everyone's hands
[Verse 5]
Give me some time
I feel like I'm losing mine
Out here on this horizon line
With the earth spinning and the sky forever rushing
[Verse 6]
No one knows
They can never get that close
Guesses at most
Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching
[Outro]
Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching
Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching
No one knows
They can never get that close
Guesses at most
Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching
[Outro]
Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching
Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching
About
Genius Annotation
This song is all about getting older and the uncertainty of what lies ahead – the “Sweet Bird” of youth has flown.
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- 9.Sweet Bird
Credits
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Piano
Acoustic Guitar
Electric Guitars
Release Date
November 1975
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