Fledgling Lyrics

Once there was a mama bird
Who flew across the sea
Carrying her fledgling young
Aloft upon the breeze

The time had come to migrate
As a chill fell on the land
The fledglings were too weak to fly
Too young to understand

Mama took them on her back
The three into the sky
And set upon a journey
With a prayer and a sigh

Mama
Where do we fly
Where are welcome
And where will we thrive
Mama
Where do we fly
Where are we going
And will we survive

The journey was exhausting
But at last a shore was found
The fledglings leapt off mama
As she crashed into the ground

It took some time to learn
How to adapt to the new clime
But food was found and shelter
And it felt stable in time

The family was grateful
To survive another day
But they missed the life they had
And all their friends so far away

Mama
Where do we fly
Where are welcome
And where will we thrive
Mama
Where do we fly
Where are we going
And will we survive

As years passed other families
From other far off lands
Began to cross the ocean
And to wash up on the sand

The fledglings and their neighbours
Felt themselves to be as one
And Scarcely could identify
As with new birds on the run

They feared that all the new birds
Would bring violence and disease
Despite an old familiar song
Aloft upon the breeze

Mama
Where do we fly
Where are welcome
And where will we thrive
Mama
Where do we fly
Where are we going
And will we survive


(Dank an Anna Bäcker für den Text)