Birds Flying Away

I left my country when I was nineteen 1925

And drifted to a town on the Cuban coast

Met a woman who became my life

And oh when I saw her darkness fled from me

And flew like a blackbird into the sun

On the day she married me dear God, dear God

I remember climbing up those shoulders

Coming up under you like a lion

Coming down like we were dying dear God

But now the drum birds come for me

Oh now the drum birds come for me

Lord give me forgiveness for all that I've done

Forgive me now of the weight I bear

Don't keep me on the run dear God, dear god

I remember climbing up those shoulders

Coming up under you like a lion

Coming down like we were dying dear God