Little Bird - Laura Marling

Oh, Rosie, where have you been?

I couldn’t save you, but I tried, Rosie

I tried

Why did you run from everyone

Who only tried to love you?

Rosie, only tried

Little bird, if I only knew

Maybe I’d be more like you

With a feather in my wing

Is it spring?

Do I sing?

Maybe I like pleasure-pain

Of going and coming back again

What I leave behind

I come back to find

It’s no longer mine

So why not run from everyone?

Who only tries to love you?

Rosie, only tries

Little bird, if I only knew

Maybe I’d be more like you

With a feather in my wing

Is it spring?

Do I sing?

Maybe I like pleasure-pain

Of going and coming back again

What I leave behind

I come back to find

It’s no longer mine

Little bird, if I only knew

Maybe I’d be more like you—

—With a feather in my wing

Is it spring?

Do I sing?