Birds Flying Away

I left my country when

I was nineteen 1925

And drifted to a town on the

Cuban coast

Met a woman who became my life

And oh when

I saw her darkness fled from me

And flew like a blackbird into the sun

On the day she married me dear

God, dear

GodI remember climbing up those shoulders

Coming up under you like a lion

Coming down like we were dying dear

GodBut now the drum birds come for me

Oh now the drum birds come for me

Lord give me forgiveness for all that

I've doneForgive me now of the weight

I bearDon't keep me on the run dear

God, dear god

I remember climbing up those shoulders

Coming up under you like a lion

Coming down like we were dying dear

God