Name: Mama Make the Red Bird Come Back
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Description: “Mama Make the Red Bird Come Back” concerns one of those stories your parents like to tell about your childhood at inopportune occasions ad nauseam.

Mama Make the Red Bird Come Back

from Nashville Recordings Vol.1 by E.G. Phillips

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“Mama Make the Red Bird Come Back” concerns one of those stories your parents like to tell about your childhood at inopportune occasions ad nauseam.

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When I was all of three years old
I saw a cardinal in our back yard
I watched through the window
When it flew away I cried so hard:

Mama, Make The Red Bird Come Back
Mama, Make The Red Bird Come Back
Mama, Make The Red Bird Come Back
Mama, Make The Red Bird Come Back

Neighborhood boys once discovered
A dead cardinal in the gutter
They made me cut off its head
And pluck out all its feathers

Mama, Make The Red Bird Come Back
Mama, Make The Red Bird Come Back
Mama, Make The Red Bird Come Back
Mama, Make The Red Bird Come Back

Mama can’t make that red bird come back
Nobody can
You’ll just have to be patient and hope
It flies this way again

I saw Beth at her least confident
And I’ve seen her at her best
And though she'd never believe me
They were one and the same and I felt blest

Mama, Make The Red Bird Come Back
Your mama can’t make it do that
But I want that red bird back
Mamas don’t make red birds come back

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from Nashville Recordings Vol.1, released September 4, 2020

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E.G. Phillips San Francisco, California

E.G. Phillips is a San Francisco based songwriter who creates lyric driven songs with his own special blend of whimsy and cinematic imagery which he uses to give a wry take on dealing with the longings of the heart and the madness of existence.

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