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Nightingale
In a darkened sky
Nightingale
Sang my name so low
When I got too close
Away she flew
Where away, I don’t know
Was she meant to be over a shining sea,
Or a land so far from here?
Sometimes answers come with the distant sun
So I’ll wait the patient year
(Chorus)
Nightingale, your wings prevailed
Took you oh so far
In my mind wish I could find
Words to mend your heart
Well I cannot stay
A year has passed
I’ve got memories to survive
If my nightingale comes back here
Tell her I’m alive
(Chorus)
In the darkened sky
Nightingale
Sang my name so low
When I got too close
Away she flew
Where away, I don’t know