early recordings
Fodder in Her Wings
1981 Nina Simone
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It's about a bird that fell to earth and was crippled when it landed in fodder and other human debris. Altough it as able to survive, it couldn't fly. So it walks from country to country to see if people had forgotten how to live, how to give. As it went, the bird found that most of the people had forgotten.
-Nina Simone |
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A bird fell to earth
Reincarnated from her birth
She had a fodder in her brain
Reincarnated from her birth
She had a fodder in her brain
A bird fell to earth
Reincarnated from her birth
She had fodder in her brain
Reincarnated from her birth
She had fodder in her brain
She had dust inside her wings
She flitted here and there
United States Switzerland
And England and Africa everywhere
With fodder in her brains
And dust inside her wings
Oh how sad
Oh how sad
Oh how sad
She watched the people how they lived
They had forgotten how to give
They had fodder in their brains
And dust inside their wings
She watched them how they tried to live and give
They had forgotten how to give
They had fodder in their wings
They had dust inside their brains
Oh how sad
Oh how sad
Oh how sad
She watched them how they tried to live
They had forgotten how to give
They had fodder in their brain
They had dust inside their wings
I can't stay here
I can't stay here
Round and round and round they go
Where they stop nobody know
Round and round and round they go
Where they stop nobody know
Where they don't stop nobody know
Can't stay here
So goodbye
(Lyrics transcription by Roger Nupie)
She flitted here and there
United States Switzerland
And England and Africa everywhere
With fodder in her brains
And dust inside her wings
Oh how sad
Oh how sad
Oh how sad
She watched the people how they lived
They had forgotten how to give
They had fodder in their brains
And dust inside their wings
She watched them how they tried to live and give
They had forgotten how to give
They had fodder in their wings
They had dust inside their brains
Oh how sad
Oh how sad
Oh how sad
She watched them how they tried to live
They had forgotten how to give
They had fodder in their brain
They had dust inside their wings
I can't stay here
I can't stay here
Round and round and round they go
Where they stop nobody know
Round and round and round they go
Where they stop nobody know
Where they don't stop nobody know
Can't stay here
So goodbye
(Lyrics transcription by Roger Nupie)
A bird fell to earth
Reincarnated from her birth
She had fodder in her wings
Reincarnated from her birth
She had fodder in her wings
A bird fell to earth
Reincarnated from her birth
She had fodder in her wings
Reincarnated from her birth
She had fodder in her wings
2000 [5:07] CD 17 The Essential Metro METRCD010 (UK)