Lindsay Mendez - "Meadowlark"

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  • Lindsay Mendez sings The Baker's Wife's "Meadowlark" at Feinstein's/54 Below. Catch Lindsay's show from September 12 -16! For more information, visit 54below.com/events/lindsay-me...
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  • @lesbianete
    @lesbianete 6 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    chills. just chills. lindsay makes such a hard song sound effortless and its fascinating

  • @jocelyncoburn1848
    @jocelyncoburn1848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    this performance cleared my skin

    • @Scandisk10
      @Scandisk10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      While I completely agree with you, coming across the comment made me laugh so hard!

  • @LDS32989
    @LDS32989 6 ปีที่แล้ว +274

    She just can do no wrong. I can't wait to hear her in Carousel. And when she gets her first tony !

    • @CountryCowboy008
      @CountryCowboy008 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Lee Skunes she did!!!! Yassss!!!

    • @lires8119
      @lires8119 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      and so she fid :)

    • @marcusmusings
      @marcusmusings 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      my girl Patti got robbed

    • @quinnaddison420
      @quinnaddison420 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This comment is just so cute now

  • @KayMarieAyala
    @KayMarieAyala 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’m still obsessed with this

  • @charit3499
    @charit3499 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    anyone else listen to this everyday? so in love with lindsay mendez and her talent. she’s incredible! deserved that tony. her speech was astounding. she is my QUEEN.

  • @FlowersInHisHair
    @FlowersInHisHair 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Astonishing. The finest voice ever to touch this song

  • @princepeterwolf
    @princepeterwolf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I'm pretty sure she brought the whole street down with that performance

  • @morganboutwell8231
    @morganboutwell8231 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    This song covers almost every emotion you can feel. I think of this work of art often. This performance is amazing. Glad to be alive to hear it.

  • @DJC819
    @DJC819 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I have heard this song hundreds of times and I knew words in this performance I have never heard before. SENSATIONAL!

  • @BrianRIngram
    @BrianRIngram 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I love Lindsay Mendez, she does this beautifully. Who is the adorable musician to our right?

  • @miaacuri
    @miaacuri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    When i was a girl l i had a favorite story
    Of the meadowlark who lived where the rivers wind
    Her voice could match the angels' in its glory
    But she was blind, the lark was blind
    An old king came and took her to his palace
    Where the walls were burnished bronze and golden braid
    And he fed her fruit and nuts from an ivory chalice
    And he prayed:
    "Sing for me, my meadowlark,
    Sing for me of the silver morning,
    Set me free, my meadowlark,
    And i'll buy you a priceless jewel
    And cloth of brocade and crewel
    And i'll love you for life,
    If you will sing for me."
    Then one day as the lark sang by the water
    The god of the sun heard her in his flight
    And her singing moved him so
    He came and brought her the gift of sight
    He gave her sight
    And she opened her eyes to the shimmer and the splendor
    Of this beautiful, young god, so proud and strong
    And he called to the lark in a voice both rough and tender
    "Come along.
    Fly with me, my meadowlark,
    Fly with me on the silver morning,
    Past the sea where the dolphins bark
    We will dance on the coral beaches,
    Make a feast of the plums and peaches
    Just as far as your vision reaches
    Fly with me."
    But the meadowlark said no
    For the old king loved her so
    She couldn't bear to wound his pride
    So the sun god flew away
    And when the king came down that day
    He found his meadowlark had died
    Every time i heard that part i cried ...
    And now i stand here starry-eyed and stormy
    Oh, just when i thought my heart was finally numb
    A beautiful, young man appears before me,
    Singing "come, oh, won't you come?"
    And what can i do if finally for the first time
    The one i'm burning for returns the glow?
    If love has come at last it's picked the worst time
    Still i know
    I've got to go
    Fly away, meadowlark
    Fly away in the silver morning,
    If i stay, i'll grow to curse the dark
    So it's off where the days won't bind me
    I know i leave wounds behind me
    But i won't let tomorrow find me
    Back this way
    Before my past once again can blind me
    Fly away ...
    And we won't wait
    To say good-bye
    My beautiful young man
    And i.

  • @JamesonPounds
    @JamesonPounds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I think I remember her singing this song when she went to high school with my sister at OCHSA. Actually I think that was the last time I heard this song almost 2 decades ago.

  • @johndoe8114
    @johndoe8114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My favorite broadway actress

  • @pianoman7652
    @pianoman7652 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Lindsay's performance of this tune is simply Stunning ! … Sensational.... A Very Bright future is predicted …

  • @ellaa499
    @ellaa499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh my gosh she’s perfect

  • @BacadoTheSkoggy
    @BacadoTheSkoggy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    I honestly don’t doubt that she seduced a god with that miraculous voice

  • @supernerd1643
    @supernerd1643 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is still my absolute favorite version of this song, no one does it with so much power!

    • @islandeatssand684
      @islandeatssand684 ปีที่แล้ว

      Literally. This and Alex Newell’s version are simply elite

  • @napeoclesjucunda
    @napeoclesjucunda 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i think about this performance every once in a while for the roughly 5 years that ive watched this video for

  • @nicoleosita
    @nicoleosita 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    PURE FUCKING TALENT OH MY GAWD

  • @useridgaf-p6b
    @useridgaf-p6b 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amazing voice

  • @strwbrrymentos2225
    @strwbrrymentos2225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    i've literally seen her somewhere else and i cannot remember what it was
    literally 20 seconds after i posted this: NAIOOOOOMIIIIII RODRIGUEEZZ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @graceho7479
      @graceho7479 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ohhh!!! That’s where I know her from!

    • @bettywillshire708
      @bettywillshire708 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! It was annoying me 😂

    • @rainbowandre9580
      @rainbowandre9580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      OH THAT'S WHERE I KNOW HER FROM

  • @KaylaGrosse
    @KaylaGrosse 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    God, she's so good. I can't wait to see her in Carousel.

  • @djkmusic60
    @djkmusic60 6 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    Yes, this is an outstanding performance of this song. She truly understands, acts, and gives it her own interpretation, such that I actually found a different way to understand the meaning of the piece. And, she takes the HIGH Note at the word "past" at 4:13 with a Belt that no other singer has been able to do, without wrecking it completely. Very impressive. Also, another extremely fine performance of this song, and arguably one of the best, is the performance by Liz Calloway. You can find it here on youtube, of course. And, the orchestra accompanying her is excellent. One of the Patti Lupone performances is way too fast and not in the same league, though I truly treasure her talent. Enjoy!!!!

    • @verkaiking7450
      @verkaiking7450 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      David Kaminski "no other singer has been able to do"
      Willemijn Verkaik did it without wrecking it.

    • @Keith_Petersen_Actor
      @Keith_Petersen_Actor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@verkaiking7450 I'd argue Judy Kuhn has never wrecked a thing in her life. Sir, please check the facts. Also..... Patti Lupone, and Betty Buckley, and Liz Callaway

    • @davidjaydenanthony1437
      @davidjaydenanthony1437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was so lucky to work with Lindsay on this song before most of her broadway career. An evening with Stephen Schwartz and he was in the audience. I believe the magic created that night led to her entire career.. and it was this song years before! Lindsay is an epic force I’ve known for at least 20 years. I got to music direct stuff in her childhood and it was such a treat... LINDSAY ROCKS!

    • @djkmusic60
      @djkmusic60 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      David Jayden, Thank you so much for sharing. I am a classically trained pianist and I have worked with many singers over the years. Maureen McGovern, Tyne Daly, rod McKuen. if you have a moment, please look at my site and you can see some of the fun that I have accompanying some of the great singers by playing along with the singers and the orchestra accompanying them. We are neighbors in California.

    • @XGoing.mentallyinsaneX.
      @XGoing.mentallyinsaneX. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@djkmusic60 Try to hear Lea Salonga's Meadowlark its on Spotify and iTunes I think.

  • @kelleycrowley7739
    @kelleycrowley7739 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Simply brilliant. Period.

  • @bb35816V
    @bb35816V 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When I was a girl, I had a favorite story
    Of the meadowlark who lived where the rivers wind
    Her voice could match the angels in its glory
    But she was blind, the lark was blind
    An old king came and took her to his palace
    Where the walls were burnished bronze and golden braid
    And he fed her fruit and nuts from an ivory chalice and he prayed
    "Sing for me, my meadowlark
    Sing for me of the silver morning
    Set me free, my meadowlark
    And I'll buy you a priceless jewel
    And cloth of brocade and cruel
    And I'll love you for life if you will, sing for me"
    Then one day as the lark sang by the water
    The god of the sun heard her in his flight
    And her singing moved him so, he came and brought her
    The gift of sight, he gave her sight
    And she opened her eyes to the shimmer and the splendor
    Of this beautiful young god, so proud and strong
    And he called to the lark in a voice both rough and tender
    "Come along fly with me, my meadowlark
    Fly with me on the silver morning
    Past the sea where the dolphins bark
    We will dance on the coral beaches
    Make a feast of the plums and peaches
    Just as far as your vision reaches, fly with me"
    But the meadowlark said no for the old king loved her so
    She couldn't bear to wound his pride
    So the sun god flew away and when the king came down that day
    He found his meadowlark had died, every time I heard that part I cried
    And now I stand here, starry-eyed and stormy
    Oh, just when I thought my heart was finally numb
    A beautiful young man appears before me
    Singing, "Come, oh won't you come?"
    And what can I do if finally for the first time
    The one I'm burning for returns the glow
    If love has come at last it's picked the worst time
    Still I know I've got to go
    Fly away, meadowlark
    Fly away in the silver morning
    If I stay, I'll grow to curse the dark
    So it's off where the days won't bind me
    I know, I leave wounds behind me
    But I won't let tomorrow find me back this way
    Before my past once again can blind me, fly away
    And we won't wait to say goodbye
    My beautiful young man and I

  • @charlescoles7055
    @charlescoles7055 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank You Thank you Thank you !!!

  • @actorguy213
    @actorguy213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Stunning interpretation. Beautiful.

  • @fletcherhc653
    @fletcherhc653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful!!

  • @alexanderzamora5930
    @alexanderzamora5930 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why so beautiful?? ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @michaelmurrin4030
    @michaelmurrin4030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That was lovely! This must be one of the toughest Broadway songs 🎵 to sing! When this lady hits the high notes, all I could say is that she's got it :)

  • @jackflatley8393
    @jackflatley8393 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is absolutely incredible. Way-to-go, Lindsay

  • @DJC819
    @DJC819 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    SENSATIONAL

  • @AF4UART
    @AF4UART 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful

  • @racheldrew2614
    @racheldrew2614 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Glorious

  • @michaelhearn1676
    @michaelhearn1676 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    OMG! Didn't I say she would be the perfect M ary Flynn in 'Merrily?'

  • @alexandergonzales5946
    @alexandergonzales5946 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was hoping to hear you sing this again. Amazing job… as always :)

  • @marilyngable398
    @marilyngable398 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've just gone through 'hell & highwater' to find this track. I listened to it daily a few years ago, when I moved out of my home, and London for 6mths.
    I was obsessed with it. When I arrived home, there was so much stuff ( not good), still happening, I didn't have time to listen to music.
    Today I was feeling nostalgic, and started to think about the songs I listened to while I was abroad. This was obviously one of them. I remembered a bird's name being in the title, thought it was cuckoo! Couldn't remember the name of the singer either, so I had a 'big job' googling US musical theatre female singers, knew if I saw the name I'd recognise it, but safe to say, her name didn't come up. Maybe not American. Then I googled songs from musicals with bird names in the title. Plenty of them, however, not this one! And now I can't remember how I got it, but I'm delighted to say, with much perseverance I did! Tears still welling up....

  • @jemmajams4609
    @jemmajams4609 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    When I was a girl, I had a favourite story
    Of the meadowlark who lived where the rivers wind
    Her voice could match the angels' in its glory,
    But she was blind,
    The lark was blind.
    An old king came and took her to his palace,
    Where the walls were burnished bronze and golden braid,
    And he fed her fruit and nuts from an ivory chalice and he prayed
    "Sing for me, my meadowlark
    Sing for me of the silver morning.
    Set me free, my meadowlark
    And I'll buy you a priceless jewel,
    And cloth of brocade and crewel,
    And I'll love you for life if you will
    Sing for me."
    Than one day as the lark sang by the water
    The god of the sun heard her in his flight
    And her singing moved him so, he came and brought her
    The gift of sight,
    He gave her sight.
    And she opened her eyes to the shimmer and the splendour
    Of this beautiful young god, so proud and strong
    And he called to the lark in a voice both rough and tender,
    "Come along,
    Fly with me, my meadowlark,
    Fly with me on the silver morning.
    Past the sea where the dolphins bark,
    We will dance on the coral beaches,
    Make a feast of the plums and peaches,
    Just as far as your vision reaches,
    Fly with me."
    But the meadowlark said no,
    For the old king loved her so,
    She couldn't bear to wound his pride.
    So the sun god flew away and when the king came down that day,
    He found his meadowlark had died.
    Every time I heard that part I cried.
    And now I stand here, starry-eyed and stormy.
    Oh, just when I thought my heart was finally numb,
    A beautiful young man appears before me
    Singing "Come
    Oh, won't you come?"
    And what can I do if finally for the first time
    The one I'm burning for returns the glow?
    If love has come at last it's picked the worst time
    Still I know
    I've got to go.
    Fly away, meadowlark.
    Fly away in the silver morning.
    If I stay, I'll grow to curse the dark,
    So it's off where the days won't bind me.
    I know I leave wounds behind me,
    But I won't let tomorrow find me
    Back this way.
    Before my past once again can blind me,
    Fly away.
    And we won't wait to say goodbye,
    My beautiful young man and I.
    If I ever fall in love again
    If I ever fall in love again,
    It'll be with someone just like you.
    I don't say that I'm in love again
    But on the day you came my way, I knew.
    If I ever fall in love again,
    This is just the way it ought to be,
    But if it's really love again,
    I'll leave to fate, I'd rather wait and see.
    How can I know
    When my head is saying no
    And my heart's telling me that it's real?
    Can it be wrong
    If I burst into song
    At the wonder of feeling the way
    That I suddenly feel?
    If I ever fall in love again
    I shall know exactly what to do.
    And when I fall in love again
    I know it must be someone just like you.
    The way that I suddenly feel!
    If I ever fall in love again
    I shall know exactly what to do.
    And when I fall in love again
    I know it must be someone just like you.
    source: www.lyricsondemand.com/soundtracks/b/bakerswifelyrics/meadowlarklyrics.html

  • @mindyjoyfullplay5340
    @mindyjoyfullplay5340 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Best singer ever….

  • @spartyutube2020
    @spartyutube2020 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Love Lindsay! But my favorite Meadowlark is Liz Callaway’s :-)

  • @frenchie303
    @frenchie303 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sensational! Also, who is this keyboard player? I would like to be married.

  • @cpiii6265
    @cpiii6265 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas!!!!!!!

  • @kelleycrowley7739
    @kelleycrowley7739 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Probably the finest version of this song ever. Brava!

  • @troubadore
    @troubadore 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Lindsay, you are wonderful....What have I seen this girl in?

    • @troubadore
      @troubadore 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      OH !!! I saw Lindsay in Carousel! How could I have forgotten. I completely didn't recognize her from her stage appearance. ~ Mark

  • @revelanthony1991
    @revelanthony1991 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Does anyone know what key this is in? This is perfectly in my range and I have an audition in a month!
    Ps. My goodness I love Lindsay 😭

    • @lcpowell
      @lcpowell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Revel Anthony no one responded? This is in E. I searched the top videos of this song on YT and most people do it in E, the standard key. I really want to hear it in different keys customized to each instrument 💜

  • @cellfaware30
    @cellfaware30 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Everytime I listen..she gives me Judy Garland vibes..unbelievably talented ..Best version I've heard..and I've HEARD most 😁

  • @indigo.2150
    @indigo.2150 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Don’t mind me: 2:58 - 4:32

  • @michaelhearn1676
    @michaelhearn1676 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am sure many on here know this, but the character is actually singing about herself. She is the meadowlark. But, not having the entire show, in the context of when the song appears, does she realize this?

  • @abbywebb9137
    @abbywebb9137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    3:40

  • @lucy-xx5kl
    @lucy-xx5kl 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1:13

  • @JosephJohnson-gu5fw
    @JosephJohnson-gu5fw 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    The best female performance of this song. Period. Definitely better than (In my opinion) Patti.

    • @xww6849
      @xww6849 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would argue best performance period. Are you thinking of a specific male performer that's better than her?

    • @JosephJohnson-gu5fw
      @JosephJohnson-gu5fw 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I really enjoyed the Andrew Rannels performance because I'd never heard a man do this. I like to respect that separately in it's own way!

    • @CountryCowboy008
      @CountryCowboy008 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Uhm for me Lindsay and Liz are tie for the best version of this song. Lindsay did it as a performance, Liz like telling a story.

    • @kelleycrowley7739
      @kelleycrowley7739 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is the pilkington version on YT?

    • @martakhry302
      @martakhry302 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Liz Calloway was also great

  • @eleanorhill710
    @eleanorhill710 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is this in the original key?

    • @chanseymad
      @chanseymad 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's in the original

    • @joshietoshie
      @joshietoshie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah its the original

    • @ayosisow
      @ayosisow 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It sounds lower because her technique is flawless. She makes this difficult song sound virtually effortless. Brava.

    • @elphbwckd212
      @elphbwckd212 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      She just has a much darker tone and a wider vibrato than most musical theatre singers who usually have a much brighter tone. I thought the same thing the first time I saw her play Elphaba. It sounded like it had been lowered then I realized it was just her tone making it sound deeper. She's just incredible.

  • @Mrmeints
    @Mrmeints 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love her voice and it was a great performance for a show, but on a purely musical performance i still prefer Sarah brightman's version-different style of performance-but what a wonderful song in General

  • @sethmunich4062
    @sethmunich4062 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why did the meadowlark die? Did the Sun God kill her because she told him "no"?

  • @Heidi328
    @Heidi328 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was nice but Sarah Brightman does this song the best justice vocally, emotionally and technically, just brilliant!! Like no other. The added operatic elements makes it extra special too.

    • @quinnaddison420
      @quinnaddison420 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s supposed to be belted tho. You’re incorrect.

  • @barbraseville8984
    @barbraseville8984 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    no

    • @xubs5919
      @xubs5919 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      wait where's the question

  • @elisabethnerolk2283
    @elisabethnerolk2283 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    WILLEMIJN VERKAIK SINGS THIS WAYYYYYYYYY BETTER! NO 1!

    • @lcpowell
      @lcpowell 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      elisabeth nerolk ooh I gotta look that up

  • @sefumax
    @sefumax 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I cringed so much watching her tongue and jaw tension!! It sounds fine but she's definitely pushing a little too hard haha.

    • @andrewsawler777
      @andrewsawler777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Aaron Noriega Really? You cringed? Please post your rendition of this song, perfect and free of tongue and jaw tension. We'd all love to hear it!

    • @ms.martiegallego8834
      @ms.martiegallego8834 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@andrewsawler777 Everyone's a damn critic !!

  • @theapaigebunting1843
    @theapaigebunting1843 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    When I was a girl l I had a favorite story
    Of the meadowlark who lived where the rivers wind
    Her voice could match the angels' in its glory
    But she was blind, the lark was blind
    An old king came and took her to his palace
    Where the walls were burnished bronze and golden braid
    And he fed her fruit and nuts from an ivory chalice
    And he prayed:
    "Sing for me, my meadowlark,
    Sing for me of the silver morning,
    Set me free, my meadowlark,
    And I'll buy you a priceless jewel
    And cloth of brocade and crewel
    And I'll love you for life,
    If you will sing for me."
    Then one day as the lark sang by the water
    The god of the sun heard her in his flight
    And her singing moved him so
    He came and brought her the gift of sight
    He gave her sight
    And she opened her eyes to the shimmer and the splendor
    Of this beautiful, young god, so proud and strong
    And he called to the lark in a voice both rough and tender
    "Come along.
    Fly with me, my meadowlark,
    Fly with me on the silver morning,
    Past the sea where the dolphins bark
    We will dance on the coral beaches,
    Make a feast of the plums and peaches
    Just as far as your vision reaches
    Fly with me."
    But the meadowlark said no
    For the old king loved her so
    She couldn't bear to wound his pride
    So the sun god flew away
    And when the king came down that day
    He found his meadowlark had died
    Every time I heard that part I cried
    And now I stand here starry-eyed and stormy
    Oh, just when I thought my heart was finally numb
    A beautiful, young man appears before me,
    Singing â??come, oh, won't you come?â??
    And what can I do if finally for the first time
    The one I'm burning for returns the glow?
    If love has come at last it's picked the worst time
    Still I know
    I've got to go
    Fly away, meadowlark
    Fly away in the silver morning,
    If I stay, I'll grow to curse the dark
    So it's off where the days won't bind me
    I know I leave wounds behind me
    But I won't let tomorrow find me
    Back this way
    Before my past once again can blind me
    Fly away
    And we won't wait
    To say good-bye
    My beautiful young man
    And I.

    • @sim6706
      @sim6706 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thea Paige Bunting thx

  • @abbiethomas8133
    @abbiethomas8133 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    When I was a girl, I had a favourite story
    Of the meadowlark who lived where the rivers wind
    Her voice could match the angels' in its glory,
    But she was blind,
    The lark was blind.
    An old king came and took her to his palace,
    Where the walls were burnished bronze and golden braid,
    And he fed her fruit and nuts from an ivory chalice and he prayed
    "Sing for me, my meadowlark
    Sing for me of the silver morning.
    Set me free, my meadowlark
    And I'll buy you a priceless jewel,
    And cloth of brocade and crewel,
    And I'll love you for life if you will
    Sing for me."
    Than one day as the lark sang by the water
    The god of the sun heard her in his flight
    And her singing moved him so, he came and brought her
    The gift of sight,
    He gave her sight.
    And she opened her eyes to the shimmer and the splendor
    Of this beautiful young god, so proud and strong
    And he called to the lark in a voice both rough and tender,
    "Come along,
    Fly with me, my meadowlark,
    Fly with me on the silver morning.
    Past the sea where the dolphins bark,
    We will dance on the coral beaches,
    Make a feast of the plums and peaches,
    Just as far as your vision reaches,
    Fly with me."
    But the meadowlark said no,
    For the old king loved her so,
    She couldn't bear to wound his pride.
    So the sun god flew away and when the king came down that day,
    He found his meadowlark had died.
    Every time I heard that part I cried.
    And now I stand here, starry-eyed and stormy.
    Oh, just when I thought my heart was finally numb,
    A beautiful young man appears before me
    Singing "Come
    Oh, won't you come?"
    And what can I do if finally for the first time
    The one I'm burning for returns the glow?
    If love has come at last it's picked the worst time
    Still I know
    I've got to go.
    Fly away, meadowlark.
    Fly away in the silver morning.
    If I stay, I'll grow to curse the dark,
    So it's off where the days won't bind me.
    I know I leave wounds behind me,
    But I won't let tomorrow find me
    Back this way.
    Before my past once again can blind me,
    Fly away.
    And we won't wait to say goodbye,
    My beautiful young man and I.

  • @elliesykes8837
    @elliesykes8837 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:59

  • @amysmith3821
    @amysmith3821 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When I was a girl l I had a favorite story
    Of the meadowlark who lived where the rivers wind
    Her voice could match the angels' in its glory
    But she was blind, the lark was blind
    An old king came and took her to his palace
    Where the walls were burnished bronze and golden braid
    And he fed her fruit and nuts from an ivory chalice
    And he prayed:
    "Sing for me, my meadowlark,
    Sing for me of the silver morning,
    Set me free, my meadowlark,
    And I'll buy you a priceless jewel
    And cloth of brocade and crewel
    And I'll love you for life,
    If you will sing for me."
    Then one day as the lark sang by the water
    The god of the sun heard her in his flight
    And her singing moved him so
    He came and brought her the gift of sight
    He gave her sight
    And she opened her eyes to the shimmer and the splendor
    Of this beautiful, young god, so proud and strong
    And he called to the lark in a voice both rough and tender
    "Come along.
    Fly with me, my meadowlark,
    Fly with me on the silver morning,
    Past the sea where the dolphins bark
    We will dance on the coral beaches,
    Make a feast of the plums and peaches
    Just as far as your vision reaches
    Fly with me."
    But the meadowlark said no
    For the old king loved her so
    She couldn't bear to wound his pride
    So the sun god flew away
    And when the king came down that day
    He found his meadowlark had died
    Every time I heard that part I cried
    And now I stand here starry-eyed and stormy
    Oh, just when I thought my heart was finally numb
    A beautiful, young man appears before me,
    Singing â??come, oh, won't you come?â??
    And what can I do if finally for the first time
    The one I'm burning for returns the glow?
    If love has come at last it's picked the worst time
    Still I know
    I've got to go
    Fly away, meadowlark
    Fly away in the silver morning,
    If I stay, I'll grow to curse the dark
    So it's off where the days won't bind me
    I know I leave wounds behind me
    But I won't let tomorrow find me
    Back this way
    Before my past once again can blind me
    Fly away
    And we won't wait
    To say good-bye
    My beautiful young man
    And I.

    • @kittmarie8285
      @kittmarie8285 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the lyrics :)

  • @maddie_j9698
    @maddie_j9698 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:03