LYRIC FOR SALE

By Janice Marie Foote

Songbirds...
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Sung Senryu 1:
songbirds at sunrise
fill the dawning air with song
gently waking all
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Verse 1:
Oh beautiful songbirds
Fill us in the morning
With songs of paradise
That taste like apples

Verse 2:
Under the waking sky
Morning crisp and clear
Minds emptied of yesterday
Except for the taste of love

Chorus:
Oh beautiful songbirds
Sing sing sing us
Sing us your song
Of apples in paradise
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Sung Senryu 2:
sweet songbirds in trees
fill the day with melody
singing songs in pairs
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Verse 3:
Oh beautiful songbirds
Dream us through the day
With songs of paradise
That taste like apples

Verse 4:
Under the blueing sky
Ending on a double rainbow
We swing our worries away
Kicking sand into the wind

Chorus:
Oh beautiful songbirds
Sing sing sing us
Sing us your song
Of apples in paradise
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Sung Senryu 3:
daylight is waning
songbirds in the dusk echo
a chorus of song
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Verse 5:
Oh beautiful songbirds
Sing us through the night
With songs of paradise
That taste like apples

Verse 6:
Under the dreaming sky
Wish upon the moon
Our hearts go all a flutter
Putting this day to sleep

Chorus:
Oh beautiful songbirds
Sing sing sing us
Sing us your song
Of apples in paradise
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Sung Senryu 4:
songbirds of midnight
perched upon our windowsills
sing us into sleep
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... jmf (c) ...