Released: July 11, 2004
Songwriter: Amy Winehouse Matt Rowe Stefan Skarbek
[Verse 1]
Today, my bird flew away
Gone to find her big blue jay
Starlight before she took flight
I sang her "Lullaby of Birdland" every night
I sang a lullaby every night
Sang for my Ava every night
[Pre-Chorus]
Ava was the morning, now she's gone
She's reborn like Sarah Vaughan
In the sanctuary she has found
Birds surround her sweet sound
[Chorus]
And Ava flies in paradise
And Ava flies in paradise
[Verse 2]
With dread, I woke in my bed
To shooting pains up in my head
Lovebird, my beautiful bird
Spoke until, one day, she couldn't be heard
She spoke until, one day, she couldn't be heard
She just stopped singing
[Pre-Chorus]
Ava was the morning, now she's gone
She's reborn like Sarah Vaughan
In the sanctuary she has found
Birds surround her sweet sound
[Chorus]
And Ava flies in paradise
And Ava flies in paradise
[Pre-Chorus]
Ava was the morning, now she's gone
She's reborn like Sarah Vaughan
In the sanctuary she has found
Birds surround her sweet sound
Today, my bird flew away
Gone to find her big blue jay
Starlight before she took flight
I sang her "Lullaby of Birdland" every night
I sang a lullaby every night
Sang for my Ava every night
[Pre-Chorus]
Ava was the morning, now she's gone
She's reborn like Sarah Vaughan
In the sanctuary she has found
Birds surround her sweet sound
[Chorus]
And Ava flies in paradise
And Ava flies in paradise
[Verse 2]
With dread, I woke in my bed
To shooting pains up in my head
Lovebird, my beautiful bird
Spoke until, one day, she couldn't be heard
She spoke until, one day, she couldn't be heard
She just stopped singing
[Pre-Chorus]
Ava was the morning, now she's gone
She's reborn like Sarah Vaughan
In the sanctuary she has found
Birds surround her sweet sound
[Chorus]
And Ava flies in paradise
And Ava flies in paradise
[Pre-Chorus]
Ava was the morning, now she's gone
She's reborn like Sarah Vaughan
In the sanctuary she has found
Birds surround her sweet sound
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- Some Unholy War (Live at Porchester Hall / 2007)
- Back to Black (Live at Porchester Hall / 2007)
- Valerie (Live at Porchester Hall / 2007)
- Addicted (Live at Porchester Hall / 2007)
- Me & Mr Jones (Live at Porchester Hall / 2007)
- Rehab (Live On Later With Jools Holland / 2006)
- Take the Box (Live From The Mercury Prize Awards / 2004)
- Lullaby of Birdland (Live From The Stables / 2004)
- Valerie (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge)
- I Should Care (Live From The Stables / 2004)
- Teach Me Tonight (Live, Hootenanny, London, 2004)
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Live On Jools Holland Hootenanny / 2006)
- Stronger Than Me (Later With Jools Holland, London / 2003)
- Don’t Go to Strangers (Live On Jools Holland the Hootenanny / 2006)
- Love Is A Losing Game (Live @ Mercury Awards)
- Know You Now (Leicester Summer Sundae 2004)
- Fuck Me Pumps (T in the Park 2004)
- In My Bed (T in the Park 2004)
- October Song (T in the Park 2004)
- You Know I’m No Good (Live Jo Whiley, BBC Live Lounge Session / 2007)
- Love is a Losing Game (Jools Holland 2009)
- Tears Dry On Their Own (Jo Whiley Live Lounge 2007)
- Best Friends, Right? (Leicester Summer Sundae 2004)
- Monkey Man (Live at Porchester Hall / 2007)
- Amy Winehouse at the BBC (2012)
- At The BBC (2021)
- Back to Black
- You Know I’m No Good
- Rehab
- Valerie (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge)
- Tears Dry on Their Own
- Me & Mr. Jones
- Love Is a Losing Game
- Intro / Stronger Than Me
- Wake Up Alone
- Fuck Me Pumps
- Just Friends
- You Sent Me Flying
- He Can Only Hold Her
- Addicted
- Some Unholy War
- In My Bed
- Like Smoke
- What Is It About Men
- Take the Box
- I Heard Love Is Blind
- Cherry
- Best Friends, Right?
- Half Time
- I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know