Emmylou Harris And The Nash Ramblers - My Songbird (Live) lyrics

[Verse 1] Songbird in a golden cage, she'd prefer the blue How I crave the liquor of her song Poor bird who has done no harm, what harm could she do? She shall be my prisoner her lifelong [Chorus] My songbird wants her freedom, now don't you think I know? But I can't find it in myself to let my songbird go I just can't let her go [Verse 2] Oh Lord, when your jeweler's eye peers into my soul Oh Lord, I am overcome with shame Take me, Lord, and purify, heal me with a word Oh, I beg a gift I dare not claim [Chorus] My songbird wants her freedom, now don't you think I know? But I can't find it in myself to let my songbird go I just can't let her go