Meadowlark Lyrics - Patti Lupone At Les Mouches - Patti Lupone

when i was a girl l i had a favorite story 

of the meadowlark who lived where the rivers wind 

her voice could match the angels' in its glory 

but she was blind, the lark was blind 

an old king came and took her to his palace 

where the walls were burnished bronze and golden braid 

and he fed her fruit and nuts from an ivory chalice 

and he prayed: 

"sing for me, my meadowlark, 

sing for me of the silver morning, 

set me free, my meadowlark, 

and i'll buy you a priceless jewel 

and cloth of brocade and crewel 

and i'll love you for life, 

if you will sing for me." 

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then one day as the lark sang by the water 

the god of the sun heard her in his flight 

and her singing moved him so 

he came and brought her the gift of sight 

he gave her sight 

and she opened her eyes to the shimmer and the splendor 

of this beautiful, young god, so proud and strong 

and he called to the lark in a voice both rough and tender 

"come along. 

fly with me, my meadowlark, 

fly with me on the silver morning, 

past the sea where the dolphins bark 

we will dance on the coral beaches, 

make a feast of the plums and peaches 

just as far as your vision reaches 

fly with me." 

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but the meadowlark said no 

for the old king loved her so 

she couldn't bear to wound his pride 

so the sun god flew away 

and when the king came down that day 

he found his meadowlark had died 

every time i heard that part i cried ... 

and now i stand here starry-eyed and stormy 

oh, just when i thought my heart was finally numb 

a beautiful, young man appears before me, 

singing "come, oh, won't you come?" 

and what can i do if finally for the first time 

the one i'm burning for returns the glow? 

if love has come at last it's picked the worst time 

still i know 

i've got to go 

fly away, meadowlark 

fly away in the silver morning, 

if i stay, i'll grow to curse the dark 

so it's off where the days won't bind me 

i know i leave wounds behind me 

but i won't let tomorrow find me 

back this way 

before my past once again can blind me 

fly away ... 

and we won't wait 

to say good-bye 

my beautiful young man 

and i.