Lyrics

Mason Jennings 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 ohhh, when I saw her Darkness fled from me It flew like a black bird into the sun On the day she married me Dear God, Dear God I remember climbing up your shoulders And coming up under you like a lion And coming down like we were dieing Dear God But now the drum birds come for me Oh now the drum birds come for me And Lord give me forgiveness for all that I have done Forgive me now, of the way that I beg, keep me on the run Dear God, Dear God I remember climbing up your shoulders And coming up under you like a lion And coming down, like we were dieing Dear God