Bluebird

There's a bluebird in my heart
She's been with me quite a spell
Ever since the day you said goodbye
To the beating of her wings
My heart measures time
And only when she sings
Do I find a smile

When she flies
My heart takes wing
When she cries
A tear to me she brings
To those ties
I've learned to cling
I just can't let her fly away from me

On the days I'm sad and blue
I find comfort in her tune
Though my bluebird only sings of love gone by
Like a sunbeam in a cell
Of her song just one can tell
Rings clear as a bell in a bluebird sky

When she flies
My heart takes wing
When she cries
A tear to me she brings
To those ties
I've learned to cling
I just can't let her fly away from me

I don't want to let her go
She's the only one I know
Who sees beyond what I let show
And truly knows me

I wonder when these days are gone
And I'm flying out there on my own
Can I catch the wind and carry on
For those behind me

My bluebird only sings
The song inside my heart
We're the only ones that know the tune
When she wants to be free
Will I find within me
That I can turn the key that we may part

When she flies
My heart takes wing
When she cries
A tear to me she brings
To those ties
I've learned to cling
Sky-colored wings teach me to fly
Free in the blue by and by.....

© 2007 Elisabeth Williamson
Through-the-Mist Music, ASCAP