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