ANNIE LENNOX - LITTLE BIRD
I Look Up To The Little Bird
That Glides Across The Sky
He Sings The Clearest Melody
It Makes Me Want To Cry
It Makes Me Want To Sit Right Down
And Cry, Cry,Cry
I Walk Along The City Streets
So Dark With Rage And Fear
And I, I Wish That I Could Be That Bird
And Fly Away From Here
I Wish I Had The Wings To Fly Away From Here
But My, My I Feel So Low
My, My, Where Do I Go?
My, My, What Do I Know?
My, My, We Reap What We Sow
They Always Said That You Knew Best But
This Little Bird's Fallen Out Of That Nest Now
I've Got A Feeling That It Might Have Been Blessed So
I've Just Got To Put These Wings To Test
For I Am Just A Troubled Soul
Who's Weighted...
Weighted To The Ground
Give Me The Strength To Carry On
Till I Can Lay My Burden Down
Give Me The Strength To Lay This Burden Down
Down, Down, Yeah
Give Me The Strength To Lay It Down
But My, My I Feel So Low
My,My,Where Do I Go?
My,My, What Do I Know?
My, My, We Reap What We Sow
They Always Said That You Knew Best But
This Little Bird's Fallen Out Of That Nest Now
I've Got A Feeling That It Might Have Been Blessed So
I've Just Got To Put These Wings To Test
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Annie Lennox
Producer(s): Stephen Lipson
In This Song, The Little Bird Has Fallen From The Nest, And Now It's Time To See If She Can Fly. For Lennox, It Was A Matter Of Taking Flight As A Solo Artist After A Decade In The Eurythmics With Her Musical (And Sometimes Romantic) Partner, Dave Stewart.
In The Video, A Pregnant Lennox Serves As Master Of Ceremonies As Various Actress Show Up In The Different Looks That She Used In Previous Videos. Lennox Recalled In A Blog Promoting The Annie Lennox Collection: "When I Was About To Make The Video With Sophie Muller I Was Seven Months Pregnant, So For That Reason I Came Up With The Idea Of Finding Look-Alikes To Represent Some Of My Different 'Personas,' So I Wouldn't Exhaust Myself By Having To Perform The Entire Thing By Myself. We Held This Audition That Was Probably One Of The Most Surreal Experiences Of My Life. Sophie And I Were In The Darkness Of A Theatre, While People Queued Up To Present Their Version Of What They Thought Could Be A Potential 'Annie Lennox' Performance. It Was The Maddest Thing. I Was Literally Curled Up In A Ball With Stifled Hysterics On The Floor Of The Theatre."
This Was Released As A Single Paired With "Love Song For A Vampire" From The Bram Stoker's Dracula Soundtrack. It Was Modestly Successful In America, But Went All The Way To #3 In The Uk.
Demi Moore Dances To This In The 1996 Movie Striptease. It Also Appears In These Tv Series:
Ugly Betty ("The Butterfly Effect: Part 2" - 2009)
Big Love ("Good Guys And Bad Guys" - 2007)
The Sopranos ("Eloise" - 2002)