Song Of The Bird

from The Very Better Of by Barabajagal

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lyrics

Singer, I hear your notes, I hear your call
And my own Manhattan with spires,
The sparkling hurried tides and the ships
And the city at hand with the dwellings so dense.

Sing on, sing on you grey brown bird,
Sing on from the swamps and the bushes
Pour your chant and sing on,
Sing on you grey brown bird.

Singer, you're the wreck of the beautiful
And my own Manhattan with spires,
Show the clouds and the trails' trip
Into the deep recesses.

Sing on, sing on you grey brown bird,
Sing on from the swamps and the bushes
Pour your chant and sing on,
Sing on you grey brown bird.

Passing visions and passing nights,
Passing hands and lucid lights.
With the knowledge of death at my side
I fled forth to the receding night,
Down to the waters shores,
Down the dim swamp path,
Passing the cedars and ghostly pines
And the singer shyly sang for me,
Passing hands of the trees
Until the charm of carol held me
As I held hands in the night
And my voice sang the song of the bird.

Sing on, sing on you grey brown bird,
Sing on from the swamps and the bushes
Pour your chant and sing on,
Sing on you grey brown bird.

credits

from The Very Better Of, released November 11, 2017
All Instruments - David Cooper
Vocals - Emma Bennett

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Barabajagal Dunedin, New Zealand

Barabajagal are a band who make music.

It's pretty ok stuff really.

It's rooted in psychedelia but incorporates so many genres that it doesn't really seem too definable. But it's ok with that.

Despite being a kiwi band the songwriter is actually rather English, so whenever he sings you'd be hard pressed to go "wow, those kiwis huh". Still, New Zealand-ish.

Pronounced Bah-Rabba-Jaggle. ... more

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