Any Day Now - Live At the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa 7/31/70-8/1/70 - Percy Sledge

I will hear you say

Goodbye, my love

And you'll be on your way

Then my wild beautiful bird

You will have flown, oh

I'll be all alone

Whoa, oh, oh, oh

When your restless eyes

Meet someone new

Oh, to my sad surprise

Then the blue shadows

Will fall all over town, oh

Love will let me down

Whoa, oh, oh, oh

Oh, my wild beautiful bird

You will have flown, oh

I'll be all alone

I know I shouldn't want to keep you

If you don't want to stay

Until you go forever

I'll be holding on

For dear life

Holding you this way

Begging you to stay

When the clock strikes go

You'll call it off

And then my tears will flow

Then the blue shadows

Will fall all over town, oh

Love will let me down

'Cause you won't be around

Don't fly away

My beautiful bird

Don't, don't fly away