Birds Flying Away

I left my country when i was nineteen

1925

And drifted to a town on the Cuban coast

Met a woman who became my life

And oh when i saw her

Darkness fled from me

And flew like a blackbird into the sun

On the day she married me

Dear god

Dear god

I remember climbing up those shoulders

Coming up under you like a lion

Coming down like we were dying

Dear god

But now the drumbirds come for me

Oh now the drumbirds come for me

Lord give me forgiveness

For all that i've done

Forgive me now of the weight i bear

Don't keep me on the run

Dear god

Dear god

I remember climbing up those shoulders

Coming up under you like a lion

Coming down like we were dying

Dear god