Someday you'll hear my cry The lonesome nightingale Parched upon this broken branch My love has now set sail Come sing with me a melody In the dark of
If a bird sat down upon my shoulder Would I know if it's a sparrow? Just as well now it could be a nightingale If I had the wealth of all the universe
You told me that your 20 years have gone by much too fast And you've been hoping this year will be better than the last You said you've been waging a
How long have you been free In this world of hate and greed Is it black or is it white Let's find another compromise And our futures standing still We
Away, away, for I will fly to thee When my heart aches and drowsy numbness pains My sense as though of hemlock drunk Or empty some opiate to the drain
And I like the way it feels To burn my soul into my heels And I don't want to go home And I don't hide the scars I have They no longer make me sad And
CHECK THAT WRITING ON THE WALL IT??' BEEN THERE ALL ALONG BIT WE PAID NO ATTENTION PACKAGED DISSENT FOR ALL SO EAGER TO BUY IN BUT NEVER QUESTIONED
tears are flowing from the love in her eyes The hated feeling gonna eat me alive Bulbs of passion Bulbs of passion Bulbs of passion Bulbs of passion
You know I will not leave I'm happy left behind Stare in disbelief Truth can strike me blind Truth is no one knows How the garden grows [Incomprehensible
flat The former tenant was anti-corporal-punish Meant well, but it came to nothing A light has just gone out A bulb has just gone out No belts in this flat No bulbs
How long have you been free In this world of hate and greed Is it black or is it white Let's find another compromise And our future standing still We'
(mccafferty, sweet, charlton, agnew) 1975 nazareth(dunfermline)ltd. Sings a sad song for lonely women Sings about women to lonely men Sings a peace song
Before the morning comes Will I hear your song? Come little nightingale I won't be here for long When you're up there flying Do you care If there's no
And I will flail under these lights that seep down from the bitter sky tonight and I will kick and beat my wrists together and feel an ocean breathing
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Nightingale so beautiful I love to hear you sing You possess such perfect pitch it really is astounding Nightingale so beautiful I love to here your song
her sisters Are all on Atlantic sand She's screaming through the alley way I hear the lonely cry, why can't you? And her batteries are corroded And her hundred watt bulb
How long have you been free In this world of hate and greed? Is it black? Or is it white? Let's find another compromise And our future's standing still