Birds And Children Fly Away Song Lyrics and Chords
Birds And Children Fly Away Song Lyrics and Chords by Cal Smith
Birds And Children Fly Away
Recorded by Cal Smith
Written by Daniel Hoffman and Ray Pennington
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I stood with mom and
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poppa
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as the bus pulled in that
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day
To
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take me from my
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childhood to a
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man
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believe it was the
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first time
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I saw either of them
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cry
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momma held on
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tight to daddy'
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Momma handed me a
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sandwich
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and some money she had
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saved
And
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whispered that she
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knew I'd be
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a good man
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gently smiled and
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told me that
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momma's
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know
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only way to
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come back is to
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go
And birds and
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children fly away like
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clouds on a windy
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day
And there'
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s usually
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a rainbow after th
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rain
Birds and children fly away that's th
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e Master's plan
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you
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Children are God'
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s gift to make lov
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e
grow
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Don't cry momma birds and children fl
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A thousand thoughts flashed
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through me as
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I watched them wave
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goodbye
How
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they taught me to
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fish and love and
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pray
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gave the man my
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ticket heard
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poppa gently
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say
Don'
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t cry momm
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a cause birds and children they just fl
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y
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Birds And Children Fly Away?
- The song Birds And Children Fly Away was sang by Cal Smith.
Who is Cal Smith?
- Calvin Grant Shofner (April 7, 1932 - October 10, 2013), known professionally as Cal Smith, was an American country musician, most famous for his 1974 hits "Country Bumpkin" and "It's Time to Pay the Fiddler".
