Elliott Smith

Blackbird (The Beatles cover)

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Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free
Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night
Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

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the_bends On Jun 08, 2006

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Mellow_Harsher

2013-02-15 02:02:30

The_Bends

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2006-06-08 22:24:13

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by myxangelxelliott

20y ago

oh how i love his beatles covers!

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by fukkface666

18y ago

did elliott actually do a recorded cover of it?I only heard it in concert and it was pretty bad.He sounded real drugged up and I mean it was seriously bad,I love Elliott covers but this one was hmm only one word comes in mind -pathetic-...sorry

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by fukkface666

18y ago

Finally being free of something that's been hurting you.

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by TrueLiar 15y ago

Actually, Bird is slang for a Woman. Paul McCartney was inspired to write it while in Scotland as a reaction to racial tensions escalating in the United States in the spring of 1968.

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