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Land Without Nightingales

from Somebody's Hometown by Human Shields

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LAND WITHOUT NIGHTINGALES

A sparrow grew up to the moon;
tailfeathers clouded the sky.
A panda inherited noon;
April came into the light.

The land without nightingales slept
and woke to the mockingbird's song.
The judge in the one-way street wept
and put off her ruling till dawn.

The marriage of blackbird and thrush
shattered the hopes of the finch.
She threw her bouquet with a blush,
then woke from her dream with a pinch.

The land without nightingales slept
and woke to the mockingbird's song.
The judge in the one-way street wept
and put off her ruling till dawn.

The storks in the trees at the zoo
are wild but migrate no more.
They clatter the whole winter through
and feed where the cold water's warm.

The land without mockingbirds slept
and woke to the nightingale's song.
The judge in the one-way street left;
she'd put off her ruling too long.

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from Somebody's Hometown, released June 9, 2015
Words and music by Andrew Shields

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