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Meadowlark, fly away down
I hold a cornucopia and a golden crown
for you to wear upon your fleece'd gown
A meadowlark sing to me
Hummingbird, just let me die
Inside the broken holes of your olive eyes.
I do believe you gave it your best try
A hummingbird sing to me
Mmmmmmm...
A hummingbird sing to me
Don't believe a word that I haven't heard,
Little children laughin' at the boys and girls,
The meadowlark singin' to you each and every day,
The archon on the hillside and the market in the hay.
Ooooh
I hold a cornucopia and a golden crown
for you to wear upon your fleece'd gown
A meadowlark sing to me
Hummingbird, just let me die
Inside the broken holes of your olive eyes.
I do believe you gave it your best try
A hummingbird sing to me
Mmmmmmm...
A hummingbird sing to me
Don't believe a word that I haven't heard,
Little children laughin' at the boys and girls,
The meadowlark singin' to you each and every day,
The archon on the hillside and the market in the hay.
Ooooh
Lyrics submitted by chickenflicker, edited by bilboswagins, PouletSansNom
Meadowlarks Lyrics as written by Stephen Schwartz
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I like the interpretation of this song as sung from a flower's perspective. It's just beautiful. however that doesn;t really make sense with the lines about boys and girl, so I don't know... I don;t think it has to be over analyzed though. Just going purely off the actual sound of the song, it's like this tranquil but wistful summer day, like all sleepy and golden, but something perhaps is missing... either a lover or a bird/bee maybe. And I am pretty sure that it's "My meadowlark/ My hummingbird" rather than "A meadowlark/ a hummingbird", and "die" and not "dive".
That line makes sense to me, just boys and girls playing together. This just occurred to me, "Little children laughing at the boys and girls" is likely "Little children laughing, all the girls and boys." Makes the lyric make sense a lot more.<br /> <br /> Going by the actual musical sounds, I can hear a bit of that sleepy you're talking about, but most of the song seems to be in a minor key and again to me, more of a sad tone. The last note is in a major key though, ending the song literally on a happy note, so the sunflower wanted to nourish the hummingbird, but the hummingbird cannot eat seeds, primarily nectar. The meadowlark on the other hand can. That aside, this song is remarkably beautiful. Should I ever have a daughter, I will sing this for her.