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[Verse]
All I know is something like a bird
Within her sang
All I know she sang a little while
And then flew on
Tell me all that you know
I'll show you
Snow and rain
If you hear that same sweet song again
Will you know why?
Anyone who sings a tune so sweet
Is passing by
Laugh in the sunshine
Sing
Cry in the dark
Fly
Through the night
Don't cry now
Don't you cry
Don't you cry
Anymore
La-la-la-la
Sleep
In the stars
Don't you cry
Dry your eyes on the wind
La-la-la-la
La...
Bird Song was written by Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter.
Bird Song was produced by Betty Cantor & Jerry Garcia & Dan Healy.
The Grateful Dead released Bird Song on Wed Apr 01 1981.
In his notes for the All Good Things box set, Robert Hunter writes:
Don’t remember where I wrote the words for “Bird Song.” Probably when we were all living in Larkspur (where he wrote Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty) because it’s intended as a tribute to Janis [Joplin], after her death, and...