The Little Brown Sparrow And Me Lyrics - C.w. Mccall

(C.W. McCall, Bill Fries, Chip Davis) 

One green April mornin', when I was a young boy 

I lay by the window, a-watchin' the rain 

And I wondered if ever the sun would come shinin' 

So I could go somewhere to play 

Then down from the sky flew a little brown sparrow 

And he lit on the branch of an old willow tree 

And he sit there, watchin', as I lay wond'rin' 

Just the little brown sparrow and me 

On a green April mornin', when I was a young boy 

And little brown sparrows were free 

Then he looked in my window and he spied his reflection 

There was the willow, there was the sky 

And he wondered if ever the sun would come shinin' 

And which was the way for the sparrow to fly 

Well, he spread out his wings and he flew to the window 

Fast as the wind, sure as could be 

But the sky in the window was only a wishin' 

For the little brown sparrow and me 

On a green April mornin', when I was a young boy 

And little brown sparrows were free 

So there by the window, the sparrow had fallen 

He died on the ground in the cold April rain 

And I wondered if ever the sun would come shinin' 

And someone could only explain 

Then I laid there and saw the wind blow through the willow 

And cover him over with yesterday's leaves 

And there in the rain, I cried for a sparrow 

For a little brown sparrow and me 

On a green April mornin', when I was a young boy 

And little brown sparrows were free 

On a green April mornin', when life was a window 

For a little brown sparrow and me