Name: If I Was a Bird
Duration: P00H03M09S
Description: Written and performed by John Bahler. This one uses some swing chords, and the vocal harmonies get a chance to hit some unusual and interesting notes.

If I Was a Bird

from He Fell from the Moon to the Earth by John Bahler

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Written and performed by John Bahler. This one uses some swing chords, and the vocal harmonies get a chance to hit some unusual and interesting notes.

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Even the strong grow weak;
even the proud have tears.
Water comes running from our eyes
once every six or seven years

So right now if I was a bird
I'd build a pretty little nest
there in the cusp of your arms
and lay my head upon your breast

Sometimes I stand like a stone,
bold as a mountaintop,
but, like a king upon his throne,
sometimes the act stops

So right now if I was a bird
I'd build a pretty little nest
there in the cusp of your arms
and lay my head upon your breast

Some days I'm young and I'm strong.
Some days I'm sick in bed.
Some days my life is just beginning.
One day I'll draw my last breath.

So right now if I was a bird
I'd build a pretty little nest
there in the cusp of your arms
and lay my head upon your breast

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from He Fell from the Moon to the Earth, released April 16, 2014

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