A Canary's Song Lyrics - Whatcha Gonna Do - Claire Lynch

I remember mountain mornings 

So quiet I could almost hear 

The wind in the Red Tail's feathers 

And the breathin' of the deer 

Those old tracks seem to go forever 

As a child I'd walk all day 

Finding diamonds in the cinders 

And pickin' chunks of coal away 

As the morning faded to evening 

Then so to came our time 

To follow down in my Daddy's footsteps 

And leave the mountain for the mine 

We'd always bring a proud canary 

Our link to the world of air 

And we knew while she kept singin' 

We wouldn't suffocate down there 

While the Mockin' Bird warbled 

Near the mountain stream 

Down in the mine 

A canary sang 

In a deep dark hole 

Men didn't belong 

We listened to our lives 

In a canary's song 

(instrumental) 

We'd listen for the sunlight 

For wings against the sky 

We'd listen for the dreams 

That make men try 

Once again I left the mountain 

To find work when the mine shut down 

Those old tracks don't go forever 

The end in this hole they call uptown 

All I brought was this canary 

As I wake from dreams of home 

While I pray I'll hear her singin' 

And fear a silence cold as stone 

While the Mockin' Bird warbles 

Near the mountain stream 

In a cold water room 

A canary sings 

Livin' in this hole 

Where I don't belong 

I listen to my life 

In a canary's song 

While the Mockin' Bird warbles 

Near the mountain stream 

In a cold water room 

A canary sings 

Livin' in this hole 

Where I don't belong 

I listen to my life 

In a canary's song 

(Instrumental close)