ELVIS PRESLEY - SNOWBIRD

SNOWBIRD

ELVIS PRESLEY

SONGWRITER: GENE MACLELLAN

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: ELVIS COUNTRY 9I’M 10.000 YEARS OLD)

LABEL: RCA VICTOR

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 1971

Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) é um album de Elvis Presley.

Apesar do nome country, algumas canções são muito country,algumas são regravações. Esse disco tem como característica iniciar com lá maior repousar com si menor e terminar com dó maior características do "country". Esse álbum virou mitológico segundo alguns especialistas que o consideram um álbum à frente de seu tempo. A canção "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" se tornou um clássico do rock dos anos 50 de Jerry Lee Lewis. Já "Faded Love" é a típica canção em que Elvis mudava os arranjos, praticamente transformando-a em outra canção, como era de seu costume em estúdio. Em canções como "Tomorrow Never Comes", "I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water" e "Make The World Go Away", Elvis demonstra o seu poder vocal que se mostrava cada vez mais impressionante, além das interpretações que eram cada vez mais elogiadas. Entre as faixas do álbum são tocados trechos da canção "I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago", no entanto, esta canção só foi lançada na íntegra no disco Elvis Now de 1972.

"SNOWBIRD" is a song by the canadian songwriter Gene MacLellan. Though it has been recorded by many performers (including Bing Crosby and Elvis Presley), it is best known through Anne Murray's 1969 recording, which—after appearing as an album track in mid-1969—was eventually released as a single in the summer of 1970. It was a No. 2 hit on Canada's pop chart and went to No. 1 on both the Canadian adult contemporary and country charts. The song reached No. 8 on the U.S. pop singles chart, spent six weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart, and became a surprise Top 10 U.S. country hit as well. It was certified as a gold single by the RIAA, the first American Gold record ever awarded to a Canadian solo female artist. The song peaked at No. 23 on the UK Singles Chart. In 2003 it was an inaugural song inductee of the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Beneath it's snowy mantle cold and clean,

The unborn grass lies waiting for its coat to turn to green.

The snowbird sings the song he always sings,

And speaks to me of flowers that will bloom again in spring.

When I was young my heart was young then, too.

And anything that it would tell me, that's the thing that I would do.

But now I feel such emptiness within,

For the thing that I want most in life's the thing that I can't win.

Spread your tiny wings and fly away,

And take the snow back with you where it came from on that day.

The one I love forever is untrue,

And if I could you know that I would fly away with you.

The breeze along the river seems to say,

That he'll only break my heart again should I decide to stay.

So, little snowbird, take me with you when you go,

To that land of gentle breezes where the peaceful waters flow.

Spread your tiny wings and fly away,

And take the snow back with you where it came from on that day.

The one I love forever is untrue,

And if I could you know that I would fly away with you.

Yeah, if I could I know that I would fly away with you.

Beneath it's snowy mantle cold and clean,

The unborn grass lies waiting for its coat to turn to green.

The snowbird sings the song he always sings,

And speaks to me of flowers that will bloom again in spring.

When I was young my heart was young then, too.

And anything that it would tell me, that's the thing that I would do.

But now I feel such emptiness within,

For the thing that I want most in life's the thing that I can't win.

Spread your tiny wings and fly away,

And take the snow back with you where it came from on that day.

The one I love forever is untrue,

And if I could you know that I would fly away with you.

The breeze along the river seems to say,

That he'll only break my heart again should I decide to stay.

So, little snowbird, take me with you when you go,

To that land of gentle breezes where the peaceful waters flow.

Spread your tiny wings and fly away,

And take the snow back with you where it came from on that day.

The one I love forever is untrue,

And if I could you know that I would fly away with you.

Yeah, if I could I know that I would fly away with you.