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Song the Songbird Sings

from Falasteen Habibti by David Rovics

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    Falasteen, Habibti ("Palestine, My Love") is a collection of songs related to the Palestinian struggle that I wrote between 2000-2014. The songs from different CDs were expertly remastered for this CD by Billy Oskay at Big Red Studio in Corbett, Oregon.

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Song the Songbird Sings

It was another Friday morning, I was among the olive trees
Out looking for birds to catch – my father, his friends and me
I had my string and net and a nimble eye
There beside the farmers' fields where the songbirds fly

When you're catching birds the world disappears
And a thousand songs of autumn are all that fills your ears
They sing their songs so brightly at the dawning of the day
They fly back and forth over the fence where we must stay away

You can see the birds beneath the clouds
Watch them spread their wings
You can listen to the wind
And the song the songbird sings

It's so good to come here so far from all the sound
Of all the shooting and the shouting and the tanks upon the ground
I just wish I could live here within this olive grove
Just me, my friends and family and a small wood-burning stove

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Last week I caught three sparrows – it was quite a day
Now I'm bound for glory – that's what they say
I hear them talk about me, shedding tears upon a sack
Inside there lies a child with four bullets in his back

Chorus

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from Falasteen Habibti, released July 30, 2014

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Singer/songwriter, writer, podcaster (on Spotify, Substack & Patreon), anarchist, dad, lover of life.

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