1982 Kathy Mar
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Chorus: I dwell in the Songhouse
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And song is my breath
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I will sing my life long
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And in shrouds made of song
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I will sleep at my death
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I was born to be Songbird
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And my song will be love
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And the music will rise
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Through the depths of the skies
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To the planets above
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I was bought in the market
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For silver and song
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And I grew in the Songhouse
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To be noble and strong
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And the song grew within me
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And my voice soon took wing
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Now the love cradles 'round me
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With each note I sing
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Chorus
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As the Emperor's Songbird
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I was trained from the start
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From the very first teacher
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Who opened my heart
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To the people who heard me
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In the palace each day
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I have given my music
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And my spirit away
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Chorus
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I am old now and silent
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And my songs are all sung
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And the tales of my lifetime
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Will not pass my tongue
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But the glory still haunts me
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And my lessons survive
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And the work of the Songbirds
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Will continue to thrive
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Chorus
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Songbird
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| Kathy Mar |
