Blackbird

take these broken wings and learn to fly

today is Martin Luther King Jr Day...MLK was of course the great civil rights leader so I thought I'd highlight the Beatles White Album....there's some irony there but I've been listening to this album since 1969....some of the stuff is filler but three songs were genius: Blackbird, Dear Prudence and While My Guitar Gently Weeps....I never knew exactly what Blackbird was about until yesterday when Paul said on the radio that it was about the civil rights movement...these guys could pack alot into 3 minute songs...

"Blackbird"

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free.
Blackbird fly Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night. Blackbird fly Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.

then of course MLK got shot....here in America...so what else is new