Music and French lyrics by
Paul de Maison Neuve
English version by Pamela Lintingre
Original title : De grands oiseaux
EAGLES
1 Eagles are flying just above our heads,
It seems they are suspended in the sky.
Shadows are made by their long wings outspread
When they are playing in the sunshine.
These eagles are preparing for the feast
From our flesh into which they will bite,
They are patient even when they’re famished
With longing whetting their appetite.
Chorus Would you believe it,
Would you believe it,
If I am calling them ?
Would you believe it,
Would you believe it,
If I’m waiting for them ?
2 The appointments which we have never kept,
The people whom we’ve never called back,
The agreements which we never respect,
Ever so many treacherous acts.
All these things we have done without thinking,
All these things we’ve thought without doing,
All of these lies will be make the best morsels
For the eagles soaring o’er the fells.
To the chorus.
3 Young women surround the bed of a child,
They watch by him while he reposes.
How could they dispel his torments so wild ?
Their faces are just like men’s faces.
Eagles are flying just above our heads,
It seems they are suspended in the sky.
Shadows are made by their long wings outspread
When they are playing in the sunshine.
To the chorus + end instrumental.
Bars
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Tempo : |
4/4, 67 bpm, folk-rock-ballad. |