Lyrics to
Songbird

This version of Songbird was released by Bee Gees in 1975.

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Go on with your song, bird – you can’t go wrong bird
You will go on and on, bird, like you did before
Though your wings are broken the sky is so wide open
And the wind is waiting for you like an open door

Though you go so far away, your voice will still be heard so well
You’ll never really ever know how beautiful you are
When the moon is on the rise I’ll try to make my songbird fly
I wonder if he ever will – and if he really did, how far

Go on with your song, bird – you can’t go wrong bird
You will go on and on, bird, like you did before
Though your wings are broken the sky is so wide open
And the wind is waiting for you like an open door

Though you go so far away, your voice will still be heard so well
You’ll never really ever know how beautiful you are
When the moon is on the rise I’ll try to make my songbird fly
I wonder if he ever will – and if he really did, how far

Go on with your song, bird – you can’t go wrong bird
You will go on and on, bird, through the open door

Go on with your song, bird – you can’t go wrong my bird
You will go on and on, bird, like you did before

Like you did befo

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About Lyrics and Songbird by Bee Gees

The lyrics for Songbird are defined as the words making up the song released by Bee Gees in 1975. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Songbird have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Bee Gees and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Songbird by Bee Gees if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Songbird" means the words set to the music of Songbird, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bee Gees. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Songbird and the lyrics to Songbird are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bee Gees who came here looking just for the lyrics to Songbird, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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