Once upon most every morning
I woke up to find her flying there
Hummingbird was making blurs of
Blowing rings of purple in the air

CHORUS
All the while, I was trying to keep her there
Now I'm man enough to leave,
But man enough to always care (always care)
Hummingbird, hummingbird
That's all I heard, that's my hummingbird

Just because I said I didn't want her
Doesn't mean I want her to go
In fact, I quite depended on her
But that I didn't want her to know

CHORUS
And now that's she's gone I know, all the while
I was trying to keep her there, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now I'm man enough to leave
But man enough to always care (always care)
Hummingbird, hummingbird
That's all I heard (I heard), that's my hummingbird
That's my --

[INSTRUMENTAL SOLO]


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Hummingbird Lyrics as written by Senon G. Williams David John Ralicke

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    "Just because I said I didn't want her Doesn't mean I wanted her to go"...... I love that... I think that there was a woman who brought joy to his life, but he was feeling himself too much and didn't let her know that he loved her... and he would tell all of his boys that he didnt really want her, or that she was just 'whatever' to him... but in reality she meant a lot. And now, when she's already gone, he doesn't know what to do.. he realizes he should've just told her he needed her/loved her.. but its too late.... even tho he 'will always care'

    Pryncess33on December 27, 2005   Link

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