The Beatles
Blackbird lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1968
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 2:19
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free
Blackbird, fly
Blackbird, fly
Into the light of the dark black night
Blackbird, fly
Blackbird, fly
Into the light of the dark black night
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
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Key vocabulary
- see
- notice with your eyesA1
- take
- hold or carryA1
- waiting
- staying until laterA1
- blackbird
- small dark bird
- wings
- parts of a birdB1
- arise
- happen; come upB2
- sunken
- below the surface
- black
- dark colorA1
- dark
- not bright; dimA1
- dead
- not livingA2
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About this song
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, mixing early rock and R&B with original songwriting and stylistic experimentation. Known for their influential catalog and studio innovations under producer George Martin, they helped redefine pop music’s artistic scope through releases from Please Please Me to Strawberry Fields Forever and Revolver.