Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Shirley Temple
Canonical path: /shirley-temple/she-s-only-a-bird-in-a-guilded-cage
Related lyric paths: 6
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She's only a bird in a guilded cage
Read She's only a bird in a guilded cage lyrics by Shirley Temple on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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She's only a bird in a guilded cage
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She's only a bird in a guilded cage
A beautiful sight to see
You may think she's happy and free from care
She's not, though she seems to be
'Tis sad when you think of her wasted life
For youth cannot mate with age
Her beauty was sold, for an old man's gold
She's a bird in a guilded cage
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