Yellow Bird
Yearning for Freedom: Yellow Bird's Tale
Lyrics
Yellow bird way up in banana tree
Observing a yellow bird perched high in a banana tree.
Yellow bird you sit all alone like me
Comparing the loneliness of the singer to that of the yellow bird.
Did you lady friend leave the nest again
Speculating if the bird's mate has left its nest.
That is very sad makes me feel so bad
Expressing sadness over the potential separation of the bird and its mate.
You can fly away in the sky away
Highlighting the bird's ability to fly freely in the sky.
You're more lucky than me
Expressing envy of the bird's freedom compared to the singer's situation.
I also have a pretty girl she's not with me today
Acknowledging the singer's own relationship with a pretty girl who is not present.
They're all the same those pretty girls
Generalizing that pretty girls tend to build nests (relationships) and then leave.
They make a nest then they fly away
Reflecting on the transient nature of relationships.
Yellow bird way up in banana tree
Repetition of the image of the yellow bird in the banana tree.
Wish that I were a yellow bird I'd fly away with you
Expressing a desire to be a yellow bird and fly away with it.
But I am not a yellow bird so here I sit got nothing I can do
Acknowledging the singer's inability to change his own circumstances.
Yellow bird way up in banana tree
Reiteration of the yellow bird's presence in the banana tree.
(Yellow bird) you're more lucky than me
Emphasizing the perceived luck of the yellow bird compared to the singer.
(Yellow bird) you're more lucky than me
Repeating the sentiment that the yellow bird is luckier than the singer.
(Yellow bird)
Repeating the presence of the yellow bird.
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