Sparrow Lyrics - Postcard - Mary Hopkin

On Sunday morning everyone would leave the house 

Dressed for the Sunday service 

And through the streets I used to know 

They go to meet their friends and so they take the family seat 

Father prays so earnestly forgetting all around him 

When Eleanor sings in the choir it's like a lark in summer 

The sparrow sings, the sparrow flies 

With mighty wings he reaches as high as any other bird 

He shall inherit all the earth 

The sparrow sings, the sparrow flies 

With mighty wings he reaches as high as any other bird 

He shall inherit all the earth 

A wealth of silence will descend upon the town 

In colors of the evening 

The thought has troubled me before 

I know alone I need a sound to fill each moment 

I had to find it out my way 

They couldn't stop me leaving 

As though they knew but could not say 

They let me go believing 

The sparrow sings, the sparrow flies 

With mighty wings he reaches as high as any other bird 

He shall inherit all the earth 

The sparrow sings, the sparrow flies 

With mighty wings he reaches as high as any other bird 

He shall inherit all the earth 

Through the blue and hazy drift off after two 

The saxophone is moaning 

I rise and step into the cool night air