songbird chords by Ryan Montbleau

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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little songbird sitting on a wire
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Sing the fire from your belly so small
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Sound waves roll and the
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waves spread wide
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You sing a song until it's six feet tall
Walking, stomping,
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stalking down the sidewalk
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Wearing clothes, standing side by side
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Fly little songbirds on to the next stop
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You sing a song, we look each other in the eye like
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Who all can tell you not to sing your story?
Who all can tell you that
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you're singing off -key?
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You are the dance, you are not the dancer
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You are the song, not the one who sing
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Be a beautiful song, songbird
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Now be a beautiful song,
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songbird
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Now be a beautiful song, songbird
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And you tell the truth
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Me woman
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Trini got a wild imagination
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He think dey looking
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when he walk on by
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He think dey world is one big mirror
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Him get upset and then
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he don't feel right
When he walk it's dark and stalking
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down the sidewalk
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Sporting clothes, strutting stride by stride
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I tell him,
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Trini, you are not what you consider
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I stop and dare to when
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I look him in the eye
Say, who all can tell you not
to sing your story?
Who all can tell you that
you're singing off key
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You are the dance, you are not the dancer
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You are the song, not the one who sings
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Be a beautiful song, songbird
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Now be  a beautiful song,
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songbird, songbird
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Now be a beautiful song, songbird
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And you tell the truth
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You get upset and then you don't feel,
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you don't feel right
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You try to fly up straight,
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then you fly up tight
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We try to talk about life
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like it's all in advance
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Life is the dance, sir,
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you are the dance
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So be a beautiful song, songbird
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Now, be a beautiful song,
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songbird, songbird
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Now, be a beautiful song, songbird
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And you tell the truth
Tell the truth
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truth