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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tom Odell
Piano
Max Goff
Bass Guitar
Max Clilverd
Guitar
Andy Burrows
Drums
Jim Abbiss
Programming
Liam Howe
Programming
Conner Molander
Harmonica
Annabel Spooner
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tom Odell
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tom Odell
Producer
Jim Abbiss
Producer
Michael Brauer
Mixing Engineer
Steve Vealey
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Oli Barton-Wood
Recording Engineer
Sam Harper
Assistant Engineer
Joe LaPorta
Mastering Engineer
Ed Hartwell
Additional Engineer
Joe Hartwell Jones
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Why, sparrow, why?
Won't you tell me why I'm sad?
Sing us both a melody
The best that you can
Fly, sparrow, fly
Won't you sit on my hand?
Sing it in that language
We both can understand
[Verse 2]
And you sit on that tree
You look in my eyes
And I wonder what
Goes on in your mind
[Verse 3]
Speak, sparrow, speak
Please, won't you try?
Tell me why you'd walk
If you knew that you could fly
Speak, sparrow, speak
Oh, please, won't you try?
Tell me all the answers
To this meaningless life
[Verse 4]
And you're up on that tree
And you look in my eyes
And I wonder what
Goes on in your mind
[Verse 5]
Louder and louder
Louder and louder
[Verse 6]
Stay, sparrow, stay
Won't you stay in my window?
I'd never been so close
To anything so beautiful
Wait, sparrow, wait
Oh, please, don't you go
I love the way your feathers move
As the wind, it blows
[Verse 7]
But you're up on that tree
When you look in my eyes
I wonder what
Goes on in your mind
[Verse 8]
Louder and louder
Louder and louder
Louder and louder
Louder and louder
[Verse 9]
Sing, sparrow, sing
Sing away our pain
When you get the bones of it
Know we are just the same
I said, sing, sparrow, sing
Sing away our pain
I'll never hear a melody
As sweet as today
[Verse 10]
Because you're up on that tree
And you look in my eyes
And I wonder how
But you're saying goodbye
Written by: Tom Odell