Able to Sing - Indigo Girls

I went to a wedding, I brought a song

I folded it up like a list of thanks at a Praisathon

The bride was Snow White, the groom was strong

Trailers as endless as the day is long

Some days are fairy tales, some days belie

The four and twenty black birds baked in a pie

Could open up their sweet throats to serenade a king

That’s a lot of heat to take and still be able to sing, sing, sing

It’s not been proven hard to bring unending start

And even easier to die from a broken heart

Oh, was a blind force trauma from the fireworks

That someone is celebrating while another gets hurt

Some days are fairy tales, some days belie

The four and twenty black birds baked in a pie

Could open up their sweet throats to serenade a king

That’s a lot of heat to take and still be able to sing

Still I see them in the night

With their blood red wings alike

While the rocket’s red glare

Gives proof through the night

If some things not right

Some things not right

In the book of Steven there is no prophecy

'Cause there was no need for God in the way things came to be

Some live by faith, some live by proof

They don’t meet up on a friendly road or live under the same roof

Some days are fairy tales, some days belie

Four and twenty black birds baked in a pie

Could open up their sweet throats to serenade a king

That’s a lot of heat to take and still be able to sing, sing, sing

Sing, sing, sing

And the birds fall hard like black rain

Jerking the earth with a portent stain

Beat like drums, they beat like a wings

Are we looking?

Are we listening?

Sing, sing, sing, sing

Sing, sing, sing