From the recording Glorious Bird (from Allegra Broughton & Sam Page CD, 2007)
Lyrics
Glorious Bird
If all that’s left is a memory
Make mine a double or better yet, three
It don’t take a genius to solve this crime
Love just got cut off in its prime
Didn’t we laugh, didn’t we try
Didn’t we love, love, love the stars from the sky
Didn’t our hearts take flight
Like some glorious bird flyin’ into the sun
Till our wings came undone
When I get close to something real
I put out my hand to settle the deal
It slips through my fingers like water and stone
Crazy dog chasin’ a paper bone
Didn’t we laugh, didn’t we try
Didn’t we love, love, love the stars from the sky
Didn’t our hearts take flight
Like some glorious bird flyin’ into the sun
Till our wings came undone
Red summer fruit so sweet to the tongue
Old love’s forgotten once new love’s begun
Still I wouldn’t change it, not a drop or a dime
If pain is love’s ransom, I’ll pay everytime
Didn’t we laugh, didn’t we try
Didn’t we love, love, love the stars from the sky
Didn’t our hearts take flight
Like some glorious bird flyin’ into the sun
Till our wings came undone