Andries Bezuidenhout - Call of the Red-Winged Starling (English Version) Lyrics

If the sun could momentarily
Keep the morning light at bay
Then dreams might eventually
Spirit me away
But alarm clocks are not interested
In the content of dreams
An seconds keep on marching
To a military beat

If you land somewhere
Do you nest or do you flee
How did we end up, oh red-winged starling
In this troubled century
And if you land somewhere
Do you nest or do you flee
How did we end up, oh red-winged starling
In this troubled century

Heard you early in the morning mist
Before you settled on the roof
At first your call is tentative
And then becomes incessant.
My generation fears sentiment
Our hearts beat cold cement
Is this the reason for my projection
About a starlings wisdom and protection

If you land somewhere
Do you nest or do you flee
How did we end up, oh red-winged starling
In this troubled century
And if you land somewhere
Do you nest or do you flee
How did we end up, oh red-winged starling
In this troubled century

I know Central Park and Voldelpark
And Zanzibar's old night market
I wonder if you'd flourish there
How do starlings choose their lairs?
Fewer lights where I am now
So the stars are brighter and somehow
Please remind me of this tomorrow
When your beak starts pecking at my window

If you land somewhere
Do you nest or do you flee
How did we end up, oh red-winged starling
In this troubled century
And if you land somewhere
Do you nest or do you flee
How did we end up, oh red-winged starling
In this troubled century