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Pretty Bird Outside My Window

by Jeannie Willets

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This is a "bare bones" (guitar and vocal only) version of this song. A fuller production recording is being planned and worked on though, so it should be available for release, hopefully, in 2014. However, the more donations that are received for this guitar and vocal only version, the sooner the fuller production will be able to be released. All donations are greatly appreciated, whatever size.
There is a story that goes along with this song. Every spring, a family of birds comes to build a nest in the porch lamp of our front porch. They seem to arrive around March, build their nest, lay some eggs, their baby birdies are born, then I guess they somehow teach them to fly pretty quick, and then, by May or June, they're gone. Anyway, this Spring, I loved to watch them outside my window, doing all of this, and one day, I happen to be fiddling with my guitar while I watched them and, before I knew it, this song was born. I believe I wrote it to sort of "cheer myself up". My mom had just passed away in March and I was missing her. But the birds were cheering me up. They showed me that you can "rise above the clouds" and carry on happily, just the way our loved ones would want us to. I realized after that, that there are many things we can learn from animals and nature.
And yes, those are the same birds in the recording. :)

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“Pretty Bird Outside My Window”
music & lyrics by,
Jeannie Willets (Copyright 2013 J.Willets.)


Pretty bird outside my window,
Pretty bird, you sing so sweetly without a care,
Pretty bird outside my window,
You just fly above the clouds that you find out there

You just soar along your way,
You don't let a gloomy day cloud your mind, Pretty bird.

Pretty kitty on my pillow,
Pretty kitty, you stretch out and enjoy your day,
Pretty kitty on my pillow
Purrs so gently as she sends all her love my way

You just let love lead the way,
You don't let a word they say change your mind...you just love.

Nature reminds us, constantly,
How we can live in harmony.

Pretty bird outside my window,
You just rise above the clouds that you find out there,
You just soar along your way, yeah,
You don't let a gloomy day change your life, Pretty bird.

Pretty bird...(3x)

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released October 1, 2013
Nylon-string guitar and vocals: Jeannie Willets
Artwork (Oil Painting): Jeannie Willets

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