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The Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records Lyrics

Stand a little
From your hand
Broken birdie
Lost his voice

Black black lightning
Broken calls
Painful babies
Smokes of land

Crying pictures
showed me home
oh so bottled
Little bird

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Stand a little
From your hand
Broken birdie
Lost his voice

Crying pictures
showed me home
oh so bottled
Little bird

See me loathing
In a peep
Lying supple
Crumb of war

Open pa-pa
Oh, sinners
Lost a big peep
Sailing free

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stockholm Syndrome On Jan 19, 2005

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by tronistroy

20y ago

This song is beautiful its about to me about a bird that couldnt sing so was different from everyone else. its about losing something in your life and feeling inadequte but later on your family feeling thats where the open pa-pa part i think about. we eventually all sail free at the end of our journey. lovely lovely song.

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