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The Hummingbird Song

from Don't Be A Stranger by Maddy Rodriguez

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lyrics

The Hummingbird Song
(Maddy Rodriguez)

Oohhhh Ooohhh ooohh ohh
There’s a story I was once heard
It’s a common one in fact
Of a flower in a field
Who wanted what she couldn’t have

Many said she was special
But it didn’t matter much
The only attention she wanted
Was of the one she loved

I suppose I didn’t mention
The most important part
It was the absent minded hummingbird
Who stole the flower’s heart

And the more he didn’t notice her
The more in love she fell
As he flew across the sky
She quietly told herself

That the heart wants what it wants
And the soul needs what it needs
The hummingbird flies where it wants to fly
And I can’t make it fly to me
Oohhhh…

Well the flower tried her hardest
To forget the hummingbird
But every time she saw him
She wished he belonged to her

So she grew her petals longer,
Started dancing in the wind
And finally he noticed
Her beauty within

So they fell in love together
She gave him everything he wished
And he took all of her nectar
Till there was nothing left to give

And soon he found another
Flower far away
And crying she remembered
The thing she used to say

That the heart wants what it wants
And the soul needs what it needs
The hummingbird flies where it wants to fly
And I can’t make it fly to me
Oohhh…

The hummingbird realized after
Many summer nights had passed
That he missed the flower’s sweetness
So he had to win her back

He found out that she had moved on
And was with another bird
And suddenly he understood
How much it really hurts, he said…

The heart wants what it wants
And the soul needs what it needs
The flower will love who she wants to love
And I can’t make her want to
Love me
Anymore Oohhhh…

credits

from Don't Be A Stranger, released March 6, 2012
Words and Music by Maddy Rodriguez
Produced by Greig Nori
Mixed by Adam King
Mastered by Phil Demetro
Acoustic guitars: Alan Kulka

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Maddy Rodriguez Toronto, Ontario

Winner John Lennon Songwriting Contest - Seciont II Winner International Acoustic Music Awards. Winner UK Songwriting Contest. Finalist International Songwriting Competition (Nashville). Honorable Mention, USA Songwriting Competition.
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