Kathy Mar - Songbird lyrics

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 Chorus 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 Chorus 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 Chorus