Bettye LaVette Follow

Little Sparrow

Oh my sisters
You better listen to me
Never trust the heart of a man
Tell you he will crush you
Just like a sparrow
Hurt so bad, you never mend
Now he’ll vow to always love you
Swear nobody else will ever do
Then he’ll leave you
He’ll leave you for another
Break your poor little heart in two

Oh, oh sparrow,
Precious little thing
Oh, oh sparrow
Fly so high and feel no pain

Now if I, were a little bitty sparrow
Over these mountains I’d fly
I’d find him, I’d find him, tell you I’d find him
Looking dead in his lying eyes
I tell you that I’d flutter
All around him
Lord if I only had wings
Id ask him, id ask him, why he let me love him
In vain
Oh, I ain’t no sparrow
I’m just a broken dream
Of a cold, false heart of love
And his low down, lyin’ evil scheme
Oh oh sparrow
Precious fragile little thing
Oh, oh sparrow
Fly so high and feel no pain
Oh my sisters, strong and tender
Never trust the heart of a man
Tell you he’ll crush you just like a sparrow
Hurt so bad you’ll never mend
Oh, oh oh sparrow
Oh, ohhh oh lil sparrow
Oh oh little sparrow
Oh oh