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Joan Baez - Glad Bluebird Of Happiness [HD]+

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Channel: Gary Larson · 2017 · People & Blogs

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Joan Baez sings 'Glad Bluebird Of Happiness' from her 1969 Vanguard album 'David's Album'. The song was written by Darryl Skrabak. The song lyrics are in the video and listed below.

Musicians on the album are Joan Baez – vocals, guitar, Fred Carter, Jr. – mandolin, Pete Drake – pedal steel guitar, Johnny Gimble – fiddle, Roy Huskey, Jr. – bass, Tommy Jackson – fiddle, Jerry Kennedy – guitar, Jerry Reed – guitar, Harold Bradley – guitar, dobro, Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano, Harold Rugg – guitar, dobro, Grady Martin – guitar, Buddy Spicher – fiddle, Norbert Putnam – bass and Kenny Buttrey – drums.

This is a major redo of the earlier video for this song with the WAV version of the song file used for best audio, the lyrics added to the video and almost all the video images changed.

There's a difficulty in making a video for this song. The lyrics are not really about a "bluebird" and the "ocean blue" or other places mentioned. The journey through life is expressed by "I was walking down the road" and the chase after the bluebird is the search for happiness and meaning. So you could say this song is about "the meaning of life" and if I had figured that out I would have made a great video for this song.

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Glad Bluebird Of Happiness

Singer - Joan Baez

 I was walking down the road
 Not caring much where I was going
 A heavy pack upon my back
 Worldly goods within a sack
 Of loneliness

 When fluttered by this bird of blue
 He said I'll tell you what I'll do
 Since you seem to be so sad
 I will try and be your glad
 Bluebird of happiness

 And he goes flying
 Far over the ocean blue
 Bound for places
 I'm not known to

 I decided to follow him
 My thoughts have faded dim since then
 Blown foggy by the winds of haste
 As from shore to shore we raced
 Move from place to place

 The moon is hot, the stars are cold
 I've been there, that's how I know
 I've touched the desert sunset's coat
 Placed above the melted snows of Kilimanjaro

 And he goes flying
 Far over the ocean blue
 Bound for places
 I'm not known to

 I'll follow that bird until he dies
 And when he does then so will I
 I know I'll never be the same
 Life for me is bound to change
 When death ends the chase

 I'll lift his body from the sea
 Let him dry in a trade wind breeze
 Find some "Merry Christmas" views
 Wrap him up and give him to you
 My bluebird of happiness

 And he goes flying
 Far over the ocean blue
 Bound for places
 I'm not known to

Songwriter: Darryl Skrabak

Robbins-Chandos Music
 
 [Lyrics adapted from azlyrics.com]

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