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Songbird's Dead

from In A Hut In Barhir Dar by Lyall Moloney

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lyrics

songbird's dead

for ten thousand years women have sold their jewel for money
for six thousand years men have bitten their tongue for one messiah
for two thousand years all the whores have gone to heaven
for two thousand years men have branded a cross to their souls
but hows it gonna end if she don't know about her precious stone

since men have known of hell men have only lived in fear
since our mothers became unattainable every woman is a whore
since men have spoken different tongues men have only built walls
we've forgotten what we're meant to say long before we learn't to talk
hows she gonna fix herself to the sky when we all stay inside

but its there it could never change or bend
we're only a blink of an eye compared with the end
a blink of an eye that was licked by G-d and we all drowned
and even the Jewish kings lost their crowns
and he never know if his daddy was Judas and Jesus
and she kept on guessing where her beauty exactly lied
because no one ever told her if god was her body or her soul
and hows it gonna end if she don't know about her precious stone
and hows she gonna fix herself to the sky when we all stay inside
and love is no burden its a cold stone we got to swallow
the Songbird's Dead and everywhere i go i only hear this song

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from In A Hut In Barhir Dar, released November 11, 2011
These recordings were made in Ethiopia between February and May 2011 with one microphone and a suitcase full of novels. All songwriting, performance, recording and producing by Lyall Moloney Instruments include: guitar, voice, harp, bells, kalimba, words.

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