The Songbird

With the voice of an angel she sang everyday She sang everywhere we went Someone said she could become a star With the voice that was heaven sent She looked up at the jewelled night sky Wondering how far she could go They offered a record contract And a bit part in a west end show She could see herself singing around the world Packing her bags off she went She appeared on TV, even made it into a film She climbed each rung of the ladder Sometimes taking several steps at a time Parties followed one by one all along the way Old friends she ignored and plastic new ones she made She was riding on the crest of a wave Nothing could stop her now Fans grew and grew as her star shone bright The parties still raged until one fateful night No one could recall exactly what went wrong Only that in the morning her voice was without a song The doctors they all shook their heads They pronounced she would never sing again As the months went on her plastic friends Disappeared like the wind One day she looked around and everything was gone Friends, fans, record contracts and songs Broken and beaten she headed for home She hoped that what she’d left in a whim Would still be waiting there for her As the train pulled into the station She looked out for crowds to welcome her home But there was no one only me All the friends she had ignored As she quested for fortune and fame Moved away and never came I smiled and took her hand as she stepped off the train Then held it as I walked her to her family home As the years moved on by the closer we became Until the church bells one day rang out our names The day after we were married Her voice came back again She could now challenge the birds For who sang the sweetest song As for fame and fortune they were long gone She had more in her life now than an empty stage In the fields and the meadows Where she once sang before, she now sings again Love can mend most anything Even a voice that has been broken As we walk towards our sunset Nothing can tear us apart We walk as one With love and song in our heart