Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Amy Winehouse
Vocals
Commissioner Gordon
Programming
Delroy "Chris" Cooper
Bass
Lenny Underwood
Keyboards
Teodross Avery
Saxophone
ERROL CAMPBELL
Drums
Gordon Williams
Percussion
Earl "Chinna" Smith
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Amy Winehouse
Songwriter
Matt Rowe
Songwriter
Stefan Skarbek
Songwriter
Commissioner Gordon
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Houston "House" Bowen
Assistant Recording Engineer
Ben Bryant
Assistant Recording Engineer
Commissioner Gordon
Mixing Engineer
John Piretti
Assistant Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Today, my bird flew away
Gone to find her big blue jay
Starlight before she took flight
I sung a lullaby of bird land every night
I sang a lullaby every night
Sang for my Ava every night
[Chorus]
Ava was the morning, now she's gone
She's reborn like Sarah Vaughan
In the sanctuary, she has found
Birds surround her sweet sound
And Ava flies in paradise
And Ava flies in paradise
[Verse 2]
With dread, I woke in my bed
To shooting pains up in my head
Love bird, my beautiful bird
Spoke until one day, she couldn't be heard
She spoke until one day she couldn't be heard
She just stopped singing
[Chorus]
Ava was the morning, now she's gone
She's reborn like Sarah Vaughan
In the sanctuary she has found
Birds surround her sweet sound
And Ava flies in paradise
And Ava flies in paradise
[Chorus]
Ava is the morning, now she's gone
She's reborn like Sarah Vaughan
In the sanctuary she has found
Birds surround her sweet sound
And Ava flies in paradise
And Ava flies in paradise
[Outro]
She flies in paradise
Written by: Amy Winehouse, Matt Rowe, Stefan Skarbek