Streetlight Manifesto Birds Flying Away lyrics

I left my country when I was nineteen
Nineteen Twenty Five
And drifted to a town on the Cuban coast
And met a woman who became my life

And oh, when I saw her
The darkness fled from me
It flew like a blackbird into the sun
On the day she married me, dear God

But now the drum birds come for me
Whoa, now the drum birds come for me
Lord give me forgiveness for all that I have done
Forgive me now of the way, I'll beg and keep me on the run

Dear God, dear God
I remember climbing up those shoulders
And coming up under You like a lion

And coming down, like we were dying, dear God

I left my country when I was nineteen
Nineteen Twenty Five
And drifted to a town on the Cuban coast
And met a woman who became my life

And oh, when I saw her
The darkness fled from me
It flew like a blackbird into the sun
On the day she married me

Dear God, dear God
I remember climbing up those shoulders