blackbird u24 crow raven rook blackbird magpie jackdaw jay. 040722 ... u24 actually (apparently) the blackbird isn't a member of the same family as the rest. hm. 040722 ... megan Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise. Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these sunken eyes and learn to see All your life You were only waiting for this moment to be free. Blackbird fly Blackbird fly Into the light of the dark black night. Blackbird fly Blackbird fly Into the light of the dark black night. Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise You were only waiting for this moment to arise You were only waiting for this moment to arise. me too blackbird... me too... i'm gonna fly now 040722 ... tender_square i swear i heard this story once, that when linda eastman spent the night at paul mccartney’s flat for the first time, in the morning he opened his window and played “blackbird” on his acoustic guitar to a street of several fans below. the fans that witnessed this impromptu performance said they knew when mccartney sang “you were only waiting for this moment to arise” that he was in love. 211031 ... raze the first time i ever heard this song, when my dad bought me the_white_album as my introduction to the_beatles, i assumed the birdsong came from a blackbird that flew into the recording studio through an open window while paul was singing and playing guitar. and i thought, "what a wondrous thing." even after learning there was no window and the bird's call was culled from a tape of sound effects, i refused to surrender that image. 211031 what's it to you? who go blather from