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Sweet Bird is a track by Joni Mitchell, taken from the album “The Hissing of Summer Lawns”, released November 5, 2007 on Rhino/Elektra. It runs 4:11. Use the Play button above when a verified stream is available, or choose a listening service from the other options.
Within the album sequence, this recording sits alongside In France They Kiss on Main Street, The Jungle Line, Edith and the Kingpin. Open the album page to compare the full running order and the listening options available for each song.
Song details
- Song
- Sweet Bird
- Artist
- Joni Mitchell
- Release
- The Hissing of Summer Lawns
- Format
- Album
- Duration
- 4:11
- Release date
- November 5, 2007
- Record label
- Rhino/Elektra
- Content notice
- Standard
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Lyrics
Find another songOut on some borderline
Some mark of inbetween
I lay down golden-in time
And woke up vanishing
Sweet bird you are
Briefer than a falling star
All these vain promises on beauty jars
Somewhere with your wings on time
You must be laughing
Behind our eyes
Calendars of our lives
Circled with compromise
Sweet bird of time and change
You must be laughing
Up on your feathers laughing
Golden in time
Cities under the sand
Power, ideals and beauty
Fading in everyone's hand
Give me some time
I feel like I'm losing mine
Out here on this horizon line
With the earth spinning
And the sky forever rushing
No one knows
They can never get that close
Guesses at most
Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching
Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching
Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching
Lyrics supplied by lyrics.ovh.
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