Bird With A Broken Wing

from Drunks & Dreamers by Roy Smiles

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Bird With A Broken Wing

Another night I drank alone
A club of bores I thought of home
She sat & stared: a safety zone
But how was I to know?

And so we spoke, it wasn't forced
The crowd was loud, my voice was hoarse
I said: 'a drink?' she said: 'of course.'
But how was I to know?

She's a bird with a broken wing
Cannot fly, cannot sing
Just a bird with a broken wing
Dreaming her life away.

Chorus
They say there are angels
To walk with us all
They say there are angels
To catch us as we fall
They say there are angels
To save us from dread
They say there are angels
But her angels were dead.

She's a bird with a broken wing
Cannot fly, cannot sing
Just a bird with a broken wing
Dreaming her life away.

(Instrumental)

And so we danced to music shrill
A love affair her drinking killed
I walked away her soul was ill
But how was I to know?

Chorus

She's a bird with a broken wing
Cannot fly, cannot sing
Just a bird with a broken wing
Drinking her life away
What more is there to say?

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from Drunks & Dreamers, released June 5, 2015

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Roy Smiles London, UK

Roy Smiles has recorded ten albums:
'Drunks & Dreamers' (2011), 'Time's Moving On' (2012),'Seize The Day' (2013), 'Autumn Song' (2014), 'Bremen' (2014), 'The Trains & The Rain' (2015), 'Northern Angels'.(2018), 'Lost Souls' (2020), 'November's Child' (2023) & 'Tales Of The Ocean' (2023).
All available on Bandcamp.
Contact: roy.smiles@aol.co.uk. ... more

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