Stanley Park - Aoife O'Donovan

See that gull on the old sea wall

Some birds fly and others fall asleep

To the beating of their wings

As wind sings, the wind sings

See that babe at her mother’s breast

If I could I’d take my rest

Back in the belly from where I came

Nobody knows my name, knows my name

Half asleep in a bowl of gruel

No one told me life was cruel

My home is in this valley now

And it’s burning down, it’s burning down

If I find the fire escape

I’ll break the glass and put on my cape

I’ll pretend I’m Superman

Where are my friends?

Where are my friends?

I’m a poor wayfarer and

I got no one to dry my eyes

Time to lay this body down

In the frozen ground, the frozen ground

When I die Lord bring me back

As a snow white gull I’ll make my tracks

On the sandy beach of the English bay

Then I’ll fly away, I’ll fly away