Prayer For The Nightingale
from The Lonely Hour by Brian McGrath
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lyrics
She who was born of golden voice
She who cries so those around rejoice
I hear her now
She who roams of restless mind
A nightingale among the hemlock pine
I hear her now
Her lonely song of life undone
But in her dreams
Nightingale flies away
Through the night on wings of fire
Bound only by her heart's desire
All of her days
All of her days
She is the light from the darkness saved
She is our prayer from the cradle to the grave
And I hear her now
Be still darling, don't be seen
In the air you can feel the enemy closing in…
All the nights' remorse, her fateful end
But in her dreams
Nightingale flies away
Through the night on wings of fire
Both the hunter and the prey
Of each of her heart's desires
To be free
A dream of peace until
A life reborn
Unbound by another's will
Sweet Nightingale, tonight I'll pray
By morning's light, you'll find your way
On through the storm
Your heart and soul on fire
Far from the ones who kept you in their mire
Sweet Nightingale, I pray I'll hear
No lonely song when tomorrow comes
She who cries so those around rejoice
I hear her now
She who roams of restless mind
A nightingale among the hemlock pine
I hear her now
Her lonely song of life undone
But in her dreams
Nightingale flies away
Through the night on wings of fire
Bound only by her heart's desire
All of her days
All of her days
She is the light from the darkness saved
She is our prayer from the cradle to the grave
And I hear her now
Be still darling, don't be seen
In the air you can feel the enemy closing in…
All the nights' remorse, her fateful end
But in her dreams
Nightingale flies away
Through the night on wings of fire
Both the hunter and the prey
Of each of her heart's desires
To be free
A dream of peace until
A life reborn
Unbound by another's will
Sweet Nightingale, tonight I'll pray
By morning's light, you'll find your way
On through the storm
Your heart and soul on fire
Far from the ones who kept you in their mire
Sweet Nightingale, I pray I'll hear
No lonely song when tomorrow comes
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from The Lonely Hour,
released November 3, 2023
All music, lyrics, performances, and recording by Brian McGrath. Mixed and mastered by Rick Riggs at Handwritten Recordings, Chicago. ©2023 Brian McGrath.
All music, lyrics, performances, and recording by Brian McGrath. Mixed and mastered by Rick Riggs at Handwritten Recordings, Chicago. ©2023 Brian McGrath.
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Brian McGrath Chicago, Illinois
Brian McGrath is a Folk & Americana Singer-Songwriter from Chicago and currently based in Madison,
Wisconsin.
With intense, honest conviction tempered by Midwest sensibility and grit, the big man with a big voice tells tales of broken characters, desolate landscapes, and hopeful redemption all along the highways and byways of the American heartland.
McGrath's new album "The Lonely Hour" now out.
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