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Yellowbird

from early bird songs by Roger Dean Young

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Yellowbird
(For Little Bull)

“I think I’ll ride on
A little further than the others.”
So muttering he broke away
Then from the plateau
They watched him
With an uneasy sort of pride
Until he was just a speck
On the horizon
When the speck it turned around
Then back he grew
Larger than life-size
And from the back of his pony
He said, “listen here boys,
The truth be told.”

I’ve a yellow bird and an orange one and blue
In the back of my mind, I keep them there for you
On Sunday evening we go walking in a line
Me and my birds and you keeping time
You keeping time

Later he’d become mayor
Mayor of the highlands
Way out on buffalo slope
He’d open a store
A store of rope
Replete with cuttings from a sycamore tree
Behind the counter
High on a white shelf
Beside a golden cage
Read a little sign
“The truth be told.”

I’ve a yellow bird and an orange one and blue
In the back of my mind, I keep them there for you
On Sunday evening they’re in fine form, just fine
I’d have you in for a listen
If you promise to keep the time
To keep the time

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from early bird songs, released April 2, 2021
Music and Words by Roger Dean Young

Guitars, vocals, whistling, percussion and loops - RDY
Keyboard - Chris Rippin

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Roger Dean Young & the Tin Sea Victoria, British Columbia

Roger Dean Young is a singer-songwriter sprung from the foothills of Alberta and deposited on the West Coast of British Columbia.

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