Nina Simone

Nina Simone
FODDER ON HER WINGS 
(1978)


A bird fell to earth 
Reincarnated from her birth 
She had fodder in her wings 
She had dust inside her brains 
She flitted here and there
United States, Switzerland, France, England, everywhere 
With fodder in her wings 
And dust inside her brains 
Oh how sad 
Oh how sad 
Oh how sad  


She watched the people how they lived 
They'd forgotten how to give 
They had fodder in their brains 
They had dust inside their wings  


She watched them how they tried to live 
They'd forgotten how to give 
They had fodder in their wings 
They had dust inside their brains 
Oh how sad 
Oh how sad 
Oh how sad  


A bird fell to earth 
Reincarnated from her birth 
She had fodder in her wings 
She had dust inside her brains 
She flitted here and there 
United States, France, England, everywhere 
With fodder in her wings 
And dust inside her brains
Oh how sad 
Oh how sad 
Oh how sad 


She watched the people how they lived 
They'd forgotten how to give 
They had fodder in their wings 
They had dust inside their brains


She watched them how they tried to live
They'd forgotten how to give 
They had fodder in their wings 
They had dust inside their brains 
Quel pays
Quel pays 
Quel pays  


(Transcribed by Monique Adriaansen - September 2005)

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