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Song «High Flyin' Bird» von Judy Henske.
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Veröffentlichungsdaten: 1963 11 (Single-B), 1964 (Album)
Label: Elektra EKSN 45007, Elektra EKS 7421
Songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler
Produktion: Jac Holzman
Genre: Folk - Urbanfolk - American-Folkmusic-Revival, Folk - Urbanfolk - Gospelfolk
Annotationen
Einflussreicher Song für die Entstehung von Folkrock (Richie Unterberger, AllMusic).
Personen und Querverweise
Judy Henske
Billy Edd Wheeler
Jac Holzman
Lyrics
[Verse 1] There's a high flyin' bird Way up in the sky And I wonder does he look down As he flies on by Well, he's ridin' on the air So easy in the sky [Chorus 1] But Lord, look at me here Oh, I'm rooted like a tree here I've got those sit down, can't cry Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues [Verse 2] Now, the sun comes along Oh Lord, it lights up the day Then when he gets tired He slides on over the way Oh Lord, it's east to the west He get's born ev'ry day [Chorus 1] But Lord, look at me here Oh, I'm rooted like a tree here Oh, I've got those sit down, can't cry Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues [Verse 3] Now, I had a man He and he lived in a mine Now, he never saw the sun But Lord, he never stopped tryin' Then one day my man up and died [Chorus 2] I said my man up and died Oh yeah, my man up and died Oh well, he wanted to fly And the only way to fly was to die [Verse 1] There's a high flyin' bird Way up in the sky And I wonder does he look down As he flies on by Ridin' on the air So easy in the sky [Chorus 1] But Lord, look at me here Oh, I'm rooted like a tree here I've got those sit down, can't cry Oh Lord, I'm gonna die blues [Outro] Oh, Lord, I'm gonna die blues Oh Lord, I'm gonna di-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-e