How High the Moon

Hummingbird, hummingbird should be your name Too restless to settle too wild to tame Too restless to settle too wild to tame Hummingbird, hummingbird should be your name Hummingbird, hummingbird winging along No tender young blossom can hold you for long No tender young blossom can hold you for long Hummingbird, hummingbird winging along You'd hug me and kiss me like others I've known You'd promise to love me and call me your own Then all of my dreams would be shattered apart By the hum hum of your hummingbird heart Hummingbird, hummingbird, feathered so fine If I clipped your wings it would not make you mind If I clipped your wings it would not make you mind Hummingbird, hummingbird, feathered so fine Hummingbird, hummingbird, fly right on by Some folks like to gamble but darling not I Some folks like to gamble but darling not I Hummingbird, hummingbird, fly right on by I'd rather be lonely, I'd rather be blue Yes, I'd rather spend my whole life without you Then feather a nest to be shattered apart By the hum hum of your hummingbird heart By the hum hum of your hummingbird heart