Even though I hate the Beatles...

When I was in high school choir, we sang this song. It sounded bad coming from us because we had a couple of prima donnas who thought everything sounded best with their voice soaring above the rest of us. I started thinking about this song while I was tossing and turning in my too-hot room:


Blackbird
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.