Cage The Songbird (For Edith Piaf) Lyrics

Cage The Songbird (For Edith Piaf)music by Elton John & Davey Johnstonelyrics by Bernie Taupinalbum Blue Moves 1976sober inthe morning lightthings look so much differentto how they looked last nighta pale face pressedto an unmade bedlike flags of many nationsflying high above her headthe cellophanestill on the flowersthe telegram still in her handas whispers circulate all daytheir back-stage baby princess passed awayand you cancage the songbirdbut you can't make her singand you cantrap the free birdbut you'll have to clip her wingscos she'll soar like a hawkwhen she fliesbut she'll dive like an eaglewhen she diespromisesof no more liesfell flat upon an empty stagebefore the audience arriveda return in timeto the cheaper seatsshe never knew what lay beneathjust a dated handbillthey found between the sheetslet downbefore the final curtaina shallow heart that left her coldshe left in a rougeupon the mirrora circled kissto the faithful fans who'd miss herand you cancage the songbirdbut you can't make her singand you cantrap the free birdbut you'll have to clip her wingscos she'll soar like a hawkwhen she fliesbut she'll dive like an eaglewhen she dies