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Shearwater – Sing, Little Birdie (2006) | Track profile | Dork

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Palo Santo (Expanded Edition)
Sing, Little Birdie

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Sing, Little Birdie

Release date: 2006

From Palo Santo (Expanded Edition)

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About This Track

"Sing, Little Birdie" is a track by Shearwater, from the album Palo Santo (Expanded Edition), released 2006. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Shearwater

Shearwater

Lyrics

Sing, Little Birdie

Hey, little birdie, catching my eye

Sing little sweet things into this mind

And tug at my darker side

Fly to the bed where we are confined

Combing the cancers out of our lives

Oh, harness your song with mine

And whose tongue gave you life but mine?

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Track details

From Palo Santo (Expanded Edition)

2006

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Album

Palo Santo (Expanded Edition)

Release year

2006

—White Waves
—Nobody
—Hail, Mary
—Special Rider Blues
—Going Is Song
—Johnny Viola
—Failed Queen
—La Dame et la Licorne
—Every Hook, Every Eye
—Palo Santo
—Red Sea, Black Sea
—Seventy-four, Seventy-five
—Sing, Little Birdie
—My Only Boy

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