A Canary's Song-Claire Lynch

[ti:A Canary's Song] [ar:Claire Lynch] [al:Whatcha Gonna Do] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Canary's Song - Claire Lynch [00:24.15]I remember mountain mornings [00:26.61]So quiet I could almost hear [00:29.78]The wind in the red tail's feathers [00:32.05]And the breathin' of the deer [00:36.19] [00:37.40]Those old tracks seem to go forever [00:40.44]As a child I'd walk all day [00:42.96]Finding diamonds in the cinders [00:45.68]And pickin' chunks of coal away [00:49.12] [00:51.34]As the morning faded to evening [00:54.05]Then so to came our time [00:56.33]To follow down in my daddy's footsteps [00:59.51]And leave the mountain for the mine [01:03.07] [01:05.13]We'd always bring a proud canary [01:07.92]Our link to the world of air [01:10.26]And we knew while she kept singin' [01:13.23]We wouldn't suffocate down there [01:16.76] [01:18.41]While the mockin' bird warbled [01:20.25] [01:20.94]Near the mountain stream [01:23.19] [01:23.84]Down in the mine [01:26.75]A canary sang [01:29.52]In a deep dark hole [01:31.27] [01:32.08]Men didn't belong [01:34.08] [01:34.72]We listened to our lives [01:37.46]In a canary's song [01:42.00] [02:11.52]We'd listen for the sunlight [02:16.01] [02:16.92]For wings against the sky [02:21.84] [02:22.35]We'd listen for the dreams [02:27.12]That make men try [02:31.13] [02:33.39]Once again I left the mountain [02:36.08]To find work when the mine shut down [02:38.75]Those old tracks don't go forever [02:41.16]The end in this hole they call uptown [02:44.63] [02:47.20]All I brought was this canary [02:49.69]As I wake from dreams of home [02:52.48]While I pray I'll hear her singin' [02:55.05]And fear a silence cold as stone [02:59.53] [03:00.19]While the mockin' bird warbles [03:02.80]Near the mountain stream [03:05.53]In a cold water room [03:08.57]A canary sings [03:11.12]Livin' in this hole [03:13.16] [03:13.87]Where I don't belong [03:15.96] [03:16.61]I listen to my life [03:18.80] [03:19.31]In a canary's song [03:22.11]While the mockin' bird warbles [03:24.61]Near the mountain stream [03:27.57]In a cold water room [03:30.48]A canary sings [03:33.10]Livin' in this hole [03:35.09] [03:35.94]Where I don't belong [03:38.11] [03:38.63]I listen to my life [03:41.39]In a canary's song