Meadowlark chords by Sofia Källgren
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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When
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I was a girl I had a favourite story
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Of the meadow -lark
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who lived where the rivers wind
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Her voice could match the
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angels in its glory
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But she was blind
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The lark was blind and an old king
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came and took her to his palace
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Where the wolves were banished
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to graze in golden bread
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And he gave her fruits and nuts
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from an ivory chalice
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And he prayed
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Sing for me, my meadowlark
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Sing for me, o 'er the silver morning
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Set me free, my meadowlark
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And I'd buy you a priceless jewel,
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a cloth of brocade and cruel
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And I'd love you for life
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if you would sing for me
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One day a slug sang by the water
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The God of the sun heard her in his flight
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And her singing moved him
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so he came an d brought her
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The gift of sight, he gave her sight
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And she opened her eyes
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to the shimmer and the splendor
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Of this beautiful young girl
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so proud and strong
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Any call to the lark
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with a voice both rough and tender,
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come along
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Fly with me, my meadow lark,
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fly with me on the silver morning
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Past the sea, where the dolphins fall
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We can dance on the coral beaches
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Make a feast of the plants and peaches
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Just as far as your wishin' reaches
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Fly with me
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But the meadow lord said no
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For the old king loved her so
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She couldn't bear to warn his bride
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And the songbird flew away
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And when the king
came down that day
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He found his
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meadowlark had died
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Every time I heard that part,
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I cried
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And now I stand here,
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starry -eyed and stormy
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Oh, just when I thought
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my heart was finally numb
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A beautiful young man
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appears before me
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Singing, come, oh, won't you come
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Oh, what can I do if finally, for the first
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The one I'm burning for returns the glow
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If love has come at last,
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it's picked the worst time
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Still I know, I've got to go
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Fly away, my meadowlark
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Fly away, in the silver morning
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If I stay, I go to curse the dark
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So it's off with the days won't bind me
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I know I leave wounds behind me
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But I won't let to morrow find me
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Back this way
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Fly away
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Meadowlark
Sofia Källgren
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