Blame Sally - Bird In Hand Lyrics
She was young and you were, too,but your heart was cold and grayA pretty lass, as clear as glass, a diamond for a dayYou held her hand, the promised land,her fears you did allayBabe you had a bird in hand and in that hand she strayedThe sweetest words she'd ever heard,they made her trip and swayYou took her down to the old red townand had your wicked wayMorning came, nothing the same,her feet had turned to clayBabe you had a bird in hand and in that hand she layTime did pass, and she alas,felt something that did weighA sad-eyed girl, your country pearlhad fallen, as they sayAnd when she cried, you turned aside,you pushed her love awayBabe you had a bird in hand and in that hand she stayedShe was young and you were too,but your heart was cold and grayWhen the summer breeze turned to autumn leavesyou took yourself awayYou never thought of her sad lot,she faced a judgment dayBabe you had a bird in hand, a bird that hand betrayedYears went by, (& all that implies)And with age came dismayYour thoughts transformed, your heart grew warm,you changed your wicked waysRemembered love, a simple dove,your diamond in the hayBabe you had a bird in hand, a hand you overplayedYou went down to the old red town,the streets in dust now pavedYour pretty thing, a memory,had long since slipped awayThey said she died by the riversideon a chilly autumn dayBabe you had a bird in hand but the bird has flown away
