Funky soul-jazz

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Some people notice the beauty of nature wherever they are, whether it's a spider's web in a city garden or a dusty flower growing out of the sidewalk. This song is about someone I knew who was like that.

You are a child of nature
Roots grow from your feet
You stop to smell the dusty roses in our street

On every grimy boulevard
You have a favourite tree
You crush the buds of lavender

Hummingbirds go from flower to flower
They bless the blossoms hour by hour
I don’t know how I missed them
But I never saw the birds before
And somewhere in another place
The sun is shining on your face
And I was thinking of you
‘Cause I never saw the birds before I met you

You wouldn’t kill a spider
And at night you’d draw the blind
And laugh at the raccoons that stumbled by

Mountains used to make you cry
You’d sing a hymn of thankfulness
You saw a world that passed me by
But of all the things you loved the best
Nothing meant as much to you as hummingbirds

Hummingbirds go from flower to flower
They bless the blossoms hour by hour
I don’t know how I missed them
But I never saw the birds before
And somewhere in another place
The sun is shining on your face
And I was thinking of you
‘Cause I never saw the birds before

Hummingbirds go from flower to flower
They bless the blossoms hour by hour
I don’t know how I missed them
But I never saw the birds before
And somewhere in another place
The sun is shining on your face
And I was thinking of you
‘Cause I never saw the birds before…
I met you