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Snowbird

(Gene MacLellan)


Copyright Beechwood Music Corp.

Original by Anne Murray in 1970


RCA studio session - September 22, 1970 - RCA's Studio B - Nashville

 6 am-1 am

ZPA4 1797-06
ZPA4 1797 - Harmony vocal overdub


Overdub sessions for RCA - September 23, 1970 - RCA's Studio B - Nashville

 ZPA4 1797 br>
January 1971 LP RCA LSP 4460 Elvis Country
Undubbed master:
February 11, 1998 CD RCA Time Life R806-04 07863-69403-2 CD The Elvis Presley Collection - Vol 4 Country
Re-mixed version:
October 10, 1995 CD RCA BMG 66670-2 Walk A Mile In My Shoes The Essential 70's Masters
Outtakes:
Rehearsal and takes 1, 2, 4 (fs) and 5 (fs): November 3, 2008 CD FTD 88697 40723 2 Elvis Country
Take 1: July 23, 2002 CD FTD 74321 95046-2 The Nashville Marathon
Take 2: February 11, 1998 CD RCA Time Life R806-04 07863-69403-2 The Elvis Presley Collection - Vol 4 Country
Take 2: June 25, 2002 CD RCA BMG 07863-65115-2 Elvis Today, Tomorrow & Forever





Beneath this snowy mantle cold and clean
The unborn grass lies waiting for its coat to turn to green
The snowbird sings a song he always sings
And speaks to me of flowers that will bloom again in spring


When I was young my heart was young then too
Anything that it would tell me, that's the thing that I would do
But now I feel such emptiness within
For the thing that I want most in life's the thing that I can't win


* Spread your tiny wings and fly away
And take the snow back with you
Where it came from on that day
The one I love forever is untrue
And if I could you know that I would fly away with you


The breeze along the river seems to say
That she'll only break my heart again should I decide to stay
So little snowbird take me with you when you go
To that land of gentle breezes where the peaceful waters flow


* Repeat
Yes, if I could you know that I would fly away with you