Blackbird
The Beatles
Produced by George Martin
Album The Beatles (The White Album)
[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night
[Verse 3]
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
[Outro]
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
As an 19 y/o kid who had just moved from OH to Hollywood, I was listening to KHJ one Sat afternoon.
The music was songs I had never heard before and the DJ, in his British accent, was speaking about the background of each song and/or what was happening in the studio at the time.
The music? The “White Album”
The DJ? George Harrison
A week later it was released and I bought my copy (with serial number on front cover) at a little shop on Sunset.
btw, McCartney wrote “Blackbird” about the civil rights movement in US while using the English term “bird” describing a young girl.
Don’t think this song relates to the SR-72.