Songbird

Words & Music by David Wolford & Steve Nelson*
Recorded by Barbra Streisand, 1978


DM7/9    Bm             Bm7    G/B          A7sus4      A7
Songbird sings from the heart; each word can tear you apart.

DM7/9     Bm        Bm7   G/B          A7sus4      A7
I   sing, you sing along, you find your life in my song.

F#       F#7        Bm        Bm7/E  G   G/F#G/E
When you need the strength to carry on, 

       G/B      A7sus4 A7
You've got me to turn  to;

B                      G             Em7         D
With the songs that I sing, and the magic they bring,

        DM7            A7           
They've helped you be strong now.

     B          G           Em7           D   DM7  Bm
The song sets you free, but who sings to me?

Bm7      G/B      A7sus4  A7 A7sus4    A7       DM7/9
I'm all alone now.             Who   sings for songbird?



DM7/9           Bm       Bm7  G/B   A7sus4       A7
Sometimes, when I'm all alone, I sing my saddest song;

DM7/9       Bm         Bm7      G/B      A7sus4      A7
Lonely, and no one can see this time the song is for me.

F#     F#7       Bm     Bm7/E   G     G/F#  G/E
I can touch your secret place inside,  

    G/B            A7sus4 A7
And still you don't know  me;

B                     G              Em7        D
With the songs that I sing, and the magic they bring

       DM7            A7 
You've learned to be strong now

     B             G        Em7          D    DM7    Bm
The song sets you free, but who sings to me?

Bm7     G/B       A7sus4   A7
I'm all alone now.

A7sus4    A7 DM7/9    G  G/F#    G/B      A7sus4  A7 DM7/9
Where  is my songbird        who sings his song   for me?



*This song certainly lead me on one merry chase. It took tracking down a second-hand copy of the 1978 album of the same name to find the author's names -- and despite the album liner having a nearly exhaustive list of credits, the authors' names appear only on the label itself, listed as D.Wolford & S. Nelson. This chart (with that information) has been here for roughly a year, and it was only recently that a visitor e-mailed me with their first names.


 
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