Little bird on the tree you better fly
If you stay on that tree you're gonna die
Little bird of the forest say to me
Why happiness just can never be
Who put the poison in the dart
That hurts my soul and kills my heart
That made my whole life fall apart
It smashed in parts and breaks my heart
And haunts my dreams and breaks my heart

The forest I loved went up in flames
And now the fire has gone to rain
And now the rain has gone to stream
Where's my love, my long lost dream
The ashes flew away
And scattered far away
And where is my love, little bird didn't say

Little bird on the tree you better fly
Little bird of the sky you better fly
If you stay on that tree your gonna die
Little bird get away, take to the skies
Go find a love that never dies
Where is my love, my only soul
That used to laugh and sing along
That used to light up, cheer my life
That used to light up my poor heart
That used to light up all the dark

Where's my path, [it] was washed away
Where are my tracks, erased by rain
Where's my house, the river claimed
Where's my love, my soul refrained
My love has gone away
And flew and flew astray
And where is my love that the wind took away

Sudden bird came to rest but high it flew
Sudden bird flapped a shot and winged the blue
Sudden bird of the forest say to me
Why happiness just can never be
Go ask the Lord, heavens above
What ever happened to my love
What ever happened to my love
Go ask the saddest morning dove
What ever happened to my love

The bright morning light was burned by day
The day grew old and spent my day
The sun went down and twilight came
And sudden night was back again
The moon across the sky
Grew dim and hid away
Then it was so cold when the star brought the day

Little bird of the sky you better fly
Little bird of the sky you better fly
You fly, fly, fly, fly

takin silver-haired