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Blackbird

from Blackbirds by Alex Hickey

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I went to the Road to Stanfest Songwriting Workshop in 2011 and got to spend four days working with some of Canada’s top songwriters. I began this song in a class with David Francey and Craig Werth and David kindly spent time with me after class to help polish and define the melody. I hope it sounds a little bit like one of his songs.

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Elm tree and columbine—Blackbird
Mary, will you be mine?—Blackbird
You are my heart’s delight—Blackbird
How if we fly tonight?—Blackbird
Blackbird, blackbird, blackbird

No, I’ll not fly with you—Blackbird
Though I am longing to—Blackbird
My heart’s no longer wild—Blackbird
Now that I bear his child—Blackbird

When you see them on the wing
They shall bear my offering
Hearts unmoved, heads too wise
Empty talons, glittering eyes
Blackbird, blackbird, blackbird

I tapped the window pane—Blackbird
I called her name again—Blackbird
I pounded on the door—Blackbird
My heart pounding more—Blackbird

I turned and I flew up the hill
Body burning, heart struck still
No one there to hear me cry
But the blackbirds in the sky
Blackbird, blackbird, blackbird

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from Blackbirds, released September 18, 2012

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Alex Hickey West Dublin, Nova Scotia

Alex Hickey is a Nova Scotian songwriter whose songs walk a delicate line between cynicism and a passionate love for the world. Clever and poignant, funny, heartbreaking and punch-to-the-guts honest, every CD or live performance should come with a packet of tissues. ... more

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