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Cage The Songbird

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Cage The Songbird

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Music by Elton John and Davey JohnstoneLyrics by Bernie TaupinAvailable on the album Blue MovesSober in the morning lightThings look so much differentTo how they looked last nightA pale face pressed to an unmade bedLike flags of many nations flying high above her headThe cellophane still on the flowersThe telegram still in her handAs whispers circulate all dayTheir back-stage baby princess passed awayAnd you can cage the songbirdBut you can't make her singAnd you can trap the free birdBut you'll have to clip her wings`Cause she'll soar like a hawk when she fliesBut she'll dive like an eagle when she diesPromises of no more liesFell flat upon an empty stageBefore the audience arrivedA return in time to the cheaper seatsShe never knew what lay beneathJust a dated handbill they found between the sheetsLet down before the final curtainA shallow heart that left her coldShe left in rouge upon the mirrorA circled kiss to the faithful fans who'd miss her
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