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Artist: Rufus Wainwright
Canonical path: /rufus-wainwright/what-can-i-do
Related lyric paths: 6
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What Can I Do?
Read What Can I Do? lyrics by Rufus Wainwright on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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What Can I Do?
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What can I do?
But the bird's got to die
What can I do?
When she's too weak to fly
What can I do?
When she's calling my name, she's crying:
Mama, help me to live
Mama, help me to live
Mama, help me to live, to live, to live, to live
What can I do?
What can I do?
What can I do?
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Rufus Wainwright performs "What Can I Do?", and this lyric page sits inside the Rufus Wainwright catalog on LyroVerse.
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