Stephen Sondheim Green Finch And Linnet Bird Lyrics

[Johanna]
Green finch, and linnet bird,
Nightingale, blackbird,
How is it you sing?
How can you jubilate
sitting in cages
never taking wing?

Outside the sky waits
beckoning!
Beckoning!
Just beyond the bars...
How can you remain
staring at the rain
maddened by the stars?

How is it you sing
anything? How is it you sing?

My cage has many rooms
damask and dark...
Nothing there sings,
not even my lark.
Larks never will, you know,
when they're captive.
Teach me to be more
adaptive.
Ah...

Green Finch, and Linnet Bird,
nightingale, blackbird,
teach me how to sing.
If I cannot fly...
Let me sing.

Who wrote Green Finch And Linnet Bird lyrics?

Green Finch And Linnet Bird is written and performed by Stephen Sondheim.

When was Green Finch And Linnet Bird released?

Green Finch And Linnet Bird is first released on February 16, 1993 as part of Stephen Sondheim's album "Sondheim: A Celebration At Carnegie Hall" which includes 13 tracks in total.

Which genre is Green Finch And Linnet Bird?

Green Finch And Linnet Bird falls under the genre Musicals.

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