Snowbird
Titel: Snowbird
Längd: 2:04
Kompositörer: Gene MacLellan
Utgivare: Beechwood Music
Inspelningsdatum: 1970-09-22
Inspelningstid: mellan klockan 18:00-01:00
Inspelningsplats: RCA Studio B – Nashville, TN
Matrix: ZPA4 1797
Tagning master: 6
Producent: Felton Jarvis
Studiotekniker: Al Pachucki
Musiker:
Gitarr: Eddie Hinton
Gitarr: Chip Young
Bas: Norbert Putnam
Trummor: Jerry Carrigan
Orgel och munspel: Charlie McCoy
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Elvis Presley
Kör/bakgrundssångare: The Jordanaires
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Millie Kirkham
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Mary Green
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Mary Holladay
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Ginger Holladay
Pålagt i efterhand:
Gitarr: Harold Bradley
Piano: David Briggs
Slagverk: Farrell Morris
Kör/bakgrundssångare: The Imperials
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Millie Kirkham
Kör/bakgrundssångare: June Page
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Sonja Montgomery
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Dolores Edgin
Första utgivning: Elvis Country (LSP-4460)
Även utgiven på bland annat:
Country Memories (R244069)
A Canadian Tribute (KKL1-7065)
The Definitive Country Album (PL 90061 & PD 90061)
Walk A Mile In My Shoes – The Essential 70’s Masters (74321 30331 2)
The Original Elvis Presley Collection (SP5001-SP5050)
Text:
Beneath this snowy mantle cold and clean
The unborn grass lies waiting
For its coat to turn to green
The snowbird sings the song he always sings
And speaks to me of flowers
That will bloom again in spring
When I was young my heart was young then too
Anything that it would tell me
That’s the thing that I would do
But now I feel such emptiness within
For the thing that I want most in life’s
The thing thing that I can’t win
Spread your tiny wings and fly away
And take the snow back with you
Where it came from on that day
The one I love forever is untrue
And if I could you know that I would
Fly away with you
The breeze along the river seems to say
That he’ll only break me heart again
Should I decide to stay
So little snowbird take me with you
When you go
To that land of gentle breezes
Where the peaceful waters flow
Spread your tiny wings and fly away
And take the snow back with you
Where it came from on that day
The one I love forever is untrue
And if I could you know that I would
Fly away with you
