Cage The Songbird Lyrics

Sober in the mornin' light
Things look so much different
To how they looked last night
A pale face pressed to an unmade bed
Like flags of many nations
Flyin' high above her head

The cellophane still on the flowers
The telegram still in her hand
As whispers circulate all day
Their back-stage baby princess pa*sed away

And you can cage the songbird
But you can't make her sing
And you can trap the free bird
But you'll have to clip her wings
'Cause she'll soar like a hawk when she flies
But she'll dive like an eagle when she dies

Promises of no more lies
Fell flat upon an empty stage
Before the audience arrived
A return in time to the cheaper seats
She never knew what lay beneath
Just a dated handbill they found between the sheets

Let down before the final curtain
A shallow heart that left her cold
She left in rouge upon the mirror
A circled kiss oh, to the faithful fans who'd miss her

And you can cage the songbird
But you can't make her sing
And you can trap the free bird
But you'll have to clip her wings
'Cause she'll soar like a hawk when she flies
But she'll dive like an eagle when she dies

Elton John - Blue Moves

Aug 1997

1. Your Starter For...
2. One Horse Town
3. Chameleon
4. Boogie Pilgrim
5. Cage The Songbird (For Edith Piaf)
6. Crazy Water
7. Shoulder Holster
8. Out Of The Blue
9. Between Seventeen And Twenty
10. The Wide-Eyed And Laughing
11. Someone's Final Song
12. Where's The Shoorah?
13. If There's A God In Heaven (What's He Waiting...)
14. Idol
15. Theme from a Non-Existant TV Series
16. Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance!)
17. Tonight
18. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word