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In Shanghai
In Shanghai
In a market stall
I heard the caged bird sing
A yellow bird with feathers trimmed in blue
She sang for me
With words my heart could feel as true
She sang…
Kind Sir for twenty Yuan
You can set me free.
For twenty Yuan I brought her home
But silence was her song for me
The tiny bird with feathers trimmed in blue
Watched from cage the sky and tree
No song, no chirp
She shivered, afraid of me.
So from window ledge
I opened cage and away from me she flew
Towards the city so it seemed
Towards the market that she knew.
In the market stall the morning next
I recognized a song so strong and pure
A melody to break my heart.
My yellow bird with feathers trimmed in blue
Caged again with song...
Kind Sir please
For twenty Yuan
You can set me free.
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