Crippled Bird
- Performed By Dolly Parton
- Written By Dolly Parton
- Matt Rollings: Piano
- Assa Drori: Concertmaster
- Background Vocals: Alison Krauss & Suzanne Cox
- Strings arranged and conducted by Dale Oehler
It must have its time to mend
I am like a crippled bird
In hopes one day to fly again
I loved you so and I was faithful
I cared more than words could say
But love is cruel and life is hateful
Now you’ve gone and flown away
Chorus:
Oh, to die, ‘Twould be a pleasure
Slow to heal, but quick to cry
Fragile as a sparrow’s feather
Crippled bird too blue to fly
Oh, the loss is cold and shameful
And the grief so deep and sharp
There is nothing quite as painful
As a true blue broken heart
Repeat Chorus
Fragile as a sparrow’s feather
Crippled bird too blue to fly
