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17 Aug 12 - 12:43 AM (#3391223) Subject: ADD: Little Bird From: GUEST,Tony Who wrote this song? I can't find it in the database, but these are the lyrics as sung by The Colours. LITTLE BIRD (Jerry Jeff Walker) Little bird come sit upon my window sill. Sat there through the falling rain. As I watched that bird upon my window sill, I saw my thoughts of you go by again. refrain: And the picture of my face reflected on the pane. Is it tears I see or is it rain? I remember how we talked before we said goodbye; Too young to know the world outside our door. And now the miles of time have built a wall my love, And though I try I just can't tear it down. No regrets about the past; there's nothing I can change. Oh, life's a road we walk just one way down. And looking back I do recall that frame of time when the world was love and time was just a thought. Many things go many ways. Your force of life is such. We all must pick that road of life to walk. And age gives off old memories like hand-notes in a log where the world is time and love is just a thought. As my thoughts go tumbling back I wonder how you look. I wonder if you've seen that little bird. I wonder if he sat upon your window sill. I wonder if you'll ever hear these words. I added the songwriter attribution above. -Joe Offer- |
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17 Aug 12 - 01:28 AM (#3391232) Subject: RE: Author req: Little Bird From: Jeremiah McCaw Jerry Jeff Walker; I believe from his original Bojangles album. |
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17 Aug 12 - 01:58 AM (#3391235) Subject: RE: Author req: Little Bird From: Jeremiah McCaw found this; enjoy! Jerry Jeff Walker: Little Bird |
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17 Aug 12 - 07:23 AM (#3391310) Subject: RE: Author req: Little Bird From: GUEST,Tony Thanks, Jeremiah. I must have heard him sing it, since I had that album. But his version still doesn't sound familiar to me. And the Colours' version did sound familiar when I heard it on an old archived radio show, though I can't remember that group at all. Funny how the memory works. I was guessing maybe Townes Van Zandt as the author, but couldn't find any reference to it. It turns out I wasn't too far off. |
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17 Aug 12 - 12:16 PM (#3391411) Subject: RE: Author req: Little Bird From: GUEST,GUEST, Howard Written by Jerry Jeff Walker. Also on his "Viva Terlingua" album. |
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18 Aug 12 - 09:11 AM (#3391784) Subject: RE: ADD: Little Bird (Jerry Jeff Walker) From: deepdoc1 Lyrics from JJW, Live at Gruene Hall: Little bird come sit upon my window sill Sat there thru the falling rain As I watched that little bird upon my window sill I saw my thoughts of you go by again A picture of my face on the window pane Is it tears I see or is it rain? I remember how we talked before we said goodbye Too young to notice the world outside our door And how we laughed and said our love was free Like birds that fly the winds Well, the rainy day made me think of you once more A picture of my face on the window pane Is it tears I see or is it rain? I have no regrets about the past I see how young we were When our world was love and life was but a thought Many things go many ways and many times but once Till our lives have passed and that love is but a thought A picture of my face on the window pane Is it tears I see or is it rain? So as the thoughts go tumblin' back I wonder how you loved Wonder if you've seen that little bird I wonder if he sat upon your window sill I wonder if you'll ever hear these words And a picture of my face on the window pane Is it tears I see or is it rain? |
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13 Jan 16 - 09:39 AM (#3765164) Subject: RE: ADD: Little Bird (Jerry Jeff Walker) From: GUEST Thanks, these are the original lyrics from the "Mr Bojangles" album. More recent versions are somewhat different. |