Meadowlark
(专辑: The Songs That Got Away - 1989)
When I
was a
girl, I
had a
favourite story Of the
meadowlark who lived where the
rivers wind Her voice could match the
angels' in its glory, But she was blind, The
lark was blind. the
king of the
rivers took her to his palace, Where the
walls were burnished bronze and golden braid, And he fed her fruit and nuts from an ivory chalice and he prayed "Sing for me, my meadowlark Sing for me of the
silver morning. Set me free, my meadowlark And I'll buy you a
priceless jewel, And cloth of brocade and crewel, And I'll love you for life if you will Sing for me." Than one day as the
lark sang by the
water The
god of the
sun heard her in his flight And her singing moved him so, he came and brought her The
gift of sight, He gave her sight. And she opened her eyes to the
shimmer and the
splendour Of this beautiful young god, so proud and strong And he called to the
lark in a
voice both rough and tender, "Come along, Fly with me, my meadowlark, Fly with me on the
silver morning. Past the
sea where the
dolphins bark, We will dance on the
coral beaches, Make a
feast of the
plums and peaches, Just as far as your vision reaches, Fly with me." But the
meadowlark said no, For the
old king loved her so, She couldn't bear to wound his pride. So the
sun god flew away and when the
king came down that day, He found his meadowlark had died. Every time I
heard that part I
cried. And now I
stand here, starry-eyed and stormy. Oh, just when I
thought my heart was finally numb, A
beautiful young man appears before me Singing "Come Oh, won't you come?" And what can I
do if finally for the
first time The
one I'm burning for returns the
glow? If love has come at last it's picked the
worst time Still I
know I've got to go. Fly away, meadowlark. Fly away in the
silver morning. If I
stay, I'll grow to curse the
dark, So it's off where the
days won't bind me. I
know I
leave wounds behind me, But I
won't let tomorrow find me Back this way. Before my past once again can blind me, Fly away. And we won't wait to say goodbye, My beautiful young man and I.