Sunrise and I see her eyes Oh, why'd you come, and oh, why? Eternally break the spell I try to tell, but I don't Oh nightingale, oh nightingale Oh nightingale
I'm hanging on to my peace of mind I just don't know I'm hanging on to those good times, baby Just want to let them roll I'm gonna make it to the light
Like some night bird homeward wingin' He seeks the sheltered nest Like the sailor's lost horizon He needs some place to rest The songs that he's been
Nightingale, sing us a song Of a love that once belonged Nightingale, tell me your tale Was your journey far too long? Does it seem like I'm looking
Nightingale sing though it's blacker than the bog Nightingale sing to me, I need to hear your song Nightingale come and perch upon my tree A terrifying
I built my house beside the wood So I could hear you singing And it was sweet and it was good And love was all beginning Fare thee well my nightingale
Someday you'll hear my cry The lonesome nightingale Parched upon this broken branch My love has now set sail Come sing with me a melody In the dark of
If a bird sat down upon my shoulder Would I know if it's a sparrow? Just as well now it could be a nightingale If I had the wealth of all the universe
Away, away, for I will fly to thee When my heart aches and drowsy numbness pains My sense as though of hemlock drunk Or empty some opiate to the drain
And I like the way it feels To burn my soul into my heels And I don't want to go home And I don't hide the scars I have They no longer make me sad And
(mccafferty, sweet, charlton, agnew) 1975 nazareth(dunfermline)ltd. Sings a sad song for lonely women Sings about women to lonely men Sings a peace song
Before the morning comes Will I hear your song? Come little nightingale I won't be here for long When you're up there flying Do you care If there's no
And I will flail under these lights that seep down from the bitter sky tonight and I will kick and beat my wrists together and feel an ocean breathing
Nightingale so beautiful I love to hear you sing You possess such perfect pitch it really is astounding Nightingale so beautiful I love to here your song
If a bird sat down upon my shoulder Would i know if it's a sparrow? Just as well now it could be a nightingale If i had the wealth of all the universe
(Leonard Cohen and Anjani Thomas) [Dedicated to Carl Anderson (1945-2004)] I built my house beside the wood So I could hear you singing And it was sweet
(Jackson Browne) [Recorded by the Eagles, 1972] I'm hanging on to my peace of mind I just don't know I'm hanging on to those good times, baby Just want
Nightingale Sing us a song Of a love that once belonged Nightingale Tell me your tale Was your journey far too long? Does it seem like I'm looking