Nightingale
1975
Before the morning comes
Will I hear your song
Come little nightingale
I won’t be here for long
When you’re up there flying
Do you care
If there’s no one else around?
When your lover leaves you
In the air
Do you waver, do you fall?
Now while the moon is high
Shall we, nightingale,
Duet all through the night
A pair of souls for sale?
Stars cluster glistening
Captive till the dawn
Patiently listening
They’ve heard it all before
Should I stay here, should I go?
I couldn’t bear to be alone
Was it really love I saw?
Now I’ll never know
What is this I hear
I recognise that song
Sweet little nightingale
I knew you’d come along
Soon when the morning comes
We will both be gone
So sing little nightingale
Lead, I’ll follow on
