Sparrows Over Birmingham

You fell down on both knees

When you were young

Your bones still soft

Your legs fell numb

Oh how those sparrows sang for you

And so you grew up

An isolated pup

You had some books

You had some love

Oh God was watching over you

Oh how those sparrows sang for you

You witnessed a man

A holy man

He touched your head

With his gentle hands

Oh God was watching over you

He Lived in a house

In Birmingham

A preacher's son

The Lord's plan

Oh God was watching over you

Oh how those sparrows sang for two

When you arrived

They carried you there

Near the preacher's son

Your only love

Oh God was watching over you

The wedding bells rang

(The wedding bells ring)

Church choir sang

(Church choir sing)

A gospel song

(Whoa-oh oh whoa)

A beautiful one

(A beautiful one)

Oh such a melancholy tune

(It's a sad tune mmmm-mmm)

Oh how it reminds me of you