Meadowlark- Stephen Schwartz

High School Senior Recital- June 2007

Lyrics:

When I was a girl I had a favorite story
Of the Meadowlark who lived where the rivers wind.
Her voice could match the angels in its glory,
But she was blind- the lark was blind!
An old king came and took her to his palace
Where the walls were burnished bronze and golden braid
And he fed her fruit and nuts from an ivory chalice
And he prayed:
Sing for me, my meadowlark!
Sing for me on the silver morning.
Set me free my meadowlark-
I will buy you a priceless jewel
And cloth and brocade and crewel
And I'll love you for life if you will
Sing for me

Then one day as the lark sang by the water
The God of the Sun heard her in his flight
And her singing moved him so he came and brought her
The gift of sight- he gave her sight!
And she opened her eyes to the shimmer and the splendor
Of this beautiful young god so proud and strong
And he called to the lark in a voice both rough and tender:
Come along!
Fly with me, meadowlark!
Fly with me on the silver morning.
Past the sea where the dolphins bark
We will dance on the coral beaches,
Make a feast of the plumbs and peaches
Just as far as your vision reaches:
Fly with me!

But the meadowlark said no,
For the old king loved her so
She couldn't bear to wound his pride
So the Sun God flew away and when the king came down that day
He found his meadowlark had died.

Everytime I heard that part- I cried.

And now I stand here starry eyed and stormy.
Just when I thought my heart was finally numb.
A beautiful young man appears before me: singing "come! Oh won't you come?"
And what can I do if finally for the first time
The one I'm burning for returns the glow
If love has come at last its picked the worst time-
Still I know I've got to go-
Fly away, meadowlark-
Fly away on the silver morning.
If I stay I'll grow to curse the dark.
So its off where the days won't bind me.
I know I'll leave wounds behind me
But I wont let tomorrow find me back this way
Before my past once again can blind me.

Fly away!
And we won't wait to say goodbye,
My beautiful young man and I!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Musical
• Theater
• emily
• bateman
• stephen
• schwartz
• meadowlark
• meadow
• lark
• senior
• recital
• 2007
• baker's
• wife

[Sophialiao1224]

wow, beautiful voice......

[UselessTrivia]

You emote a bit too much for my taste. Subtly is sometimes best. But your voice is abolsuetly beautiful. Great tone and vibrato control.

[respecttheBOOMSTICK]

so awsome.

[vpaulsmithjr]

Beautiful! Of all the recordings, I love Susan Egan's the best. This girl did a fabulous job on it. I hope you're still singing it...

[schweretraume]

I relly love Sarah Brightman version of this song, but this is really good. The girl sings correctly and beautifully. She is a good singer. Congratulations.

[schweretraume]

I relly love Sarah Brightman, but this is really good. The girl sings correctly and beautifully. She is a good singer. Congratulations.

[lauraminora]

amazing song, and fab vocals. :) im doing this for my exam. why has none else commented. keep singing! :)

[kelseylsample]

My beautiful friend, making beautiful music!