Name: Colored Birds
Duration: P00H05M19S
Description: Track 3 from David Berkeley's newest release, Cardboard Boat, which pairs with stories from his new novella, The Free Brontosaurus. Sara Watkins sings backup on this track.

Colored Birds

from Cardboard Boat by David Berkeley

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Track 3 from David Berkeley's newest release, Cardboard Boat, which pairs with stories from his new novella, The Free Brontosaurus. Sara Watkins sings backup on this track.

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I haven’t seen you for some time
Have you been hiding? Have I been blind? For some time

We were flying but then I fell
Through the branches, no farewell Then I fell

In the morning, in dreams untold
The heart is heavy and the light is cold, in dreams untold, the light is cold

Show me some thing that won’t change, won’t fade away
Is it a fair price to pay for how we’re made?
Oh it’s the strangest parade

when I was little nothing was hard
running barefoot across the yard it wasn’t hard

mother mother, where did you go
when I was little I didn’t know that you would go, where did you go?

Show me some thing that won’t change, won’t fade away
Is it a fair price to pay? for how we’re made
Oh it’s the strangest parade
Oh it’s the strangest parade
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

I wish the birds would start coming back
Crimson, golden, purple and black
will they come back, will they come back oh…

Show me some thing that won’t change, won’t fade away
Is it a fair price to pay? for how we’re made
Look at the flags that we wave, what we display
Hear how the trumpets they play, through wind and rain
Oh it’s the strangest parade
Oh it’s the strangest parade…

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from Cardboard Boat, released September 25, 2015
straw man publishing 2015 ascap

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David Berkeley Santa Fe, New Mexico

The San Francisco Chronicle calls Santa Fe-based songwriter and author David Berkeley a “musical poet,” and the New York Times praises his “lustrous, melancholy voice with shades of Tim Buckley and Nick Drake.” He was a guest on This American Life, and has released 7 studio albums and 2 books. He is also half of the wildly creative Trans-Atlantic costumed duo Son of Town Hall. ... more

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