Chorus: I dwell in the Songhouse
And song is my breath
I will sing my life long

And in shrouds made of song
I will sleep at my death
I was born to be Songbird

And my song will be love
And the music will rise
Through the depths of the skies

To the planets above

I was bought in the market

For silver and song
And I grew in the Songhouse
To be noble and strong

And the song grew within me
And my voice soon took wing
Now the love cradles 'round me

With each note I sing



Chorus

As the Emperor's Songbird

I was trained from the start
From the very first teacher
Who opened my heart

To the people who heard me
In the palace each day
I have given my music

And my spirit away

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I am old now and silent
And my songs are all sung

And the tales of my lifetime
Will not pass my tongue
But the glory still haunts me

And my lessons survive
And the work of the Songbirds
Will continue to thrive


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