Subject: Lyr Add: GLAD BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS (D Skrabak)
From:
Jim Dixon
Date: 18 Dec 11 - 02:49 PM
There are lots of copies of lyrics for this song at various lyric sites on the internet but they nearly all contain errors. The best copy I've found is at this site. But this copy is based on my own hearing:
GLAD BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS
By Darryl Skrabak
As sung by Joan Baez on "David's Album" (1969)
I was walking down the road,
Not caring much where I was goin',
A heavy pack upon my back,
Worldly goods within a sack
Of loneliness,
When fluttered by this bird of blue.
He said, "I'll tell you what I'll do:
Since you seem to be so sad,
I'll try and be your glad
Bluebird of happiness."
CHORUS: And he goes flying
Over the ocean blue,
Bound for places
I'm not known to.
I decided to follow him.
My thoughts have faded dim since then,
Blown foggy by the winds of haste,
As from shore to shore we raced,
Moved from place to place.
The moon is hot; the stars are cold.
I been there; that's how I know.
I touched the desert sunsets cold,
And tasted of the melted snows
Of Kilimanjaro. CHORUS
I'll follow that bird until he dies,
And when he does then so will I.
I know I'll never be the same.
Life for me is bound to change.
When death ends the chase,
I'll lift his body from the sea,
Let him dry in a trade-wind breeze,
Find some merry Christmas yews,
Wrap him up, and give him to you,
My bluebird of happiness. CHORUS
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