Songwriter: David Nowlen
[Verse 1]
Today I watched a robin
In our front yard
I thought by now that they should all be gone
With winter 'round the corner
Snow on its way
Surely something must be wrong
Then in that old oak tree I finally saw her
Where she sat gazing down upon her mate
And the song that she was singing
Seemed to say "I'll be right here"
"I'd like to go, but your love's made me stay."
[Chorus]
He's got a broken wing
And that's why he can't fly
She just can't leave him there
So she stays by his side
They're just like you and me
Oh you should've heard her sing
They won't give up
It's just a broken wing
[Verse 2]
I wish we all could learn
What they seem to have found
To love our families
When trouble comes around
I'll bet that God saw fit
To show them unto me
Him on the ground
Her in that tree
[Chorus]
He's got a broken wing
And that's why he can't fly
She just can't leave him there
So she stays by his side
They're just like you and me
Oh you should've heard her sing
They won't give up
We won't give up
They won't give up
It's just a broken wing
[Outro]
Ooh
Today I watched a robin
In our front yard
I thought by now that they should all be gone
With winter 'round the corner
Snow on its way
Surely something must be wrong
Then in that old oak tree I finally saw her
Where she sat gazing down upon her mate
And the song that she was singing
Seemed to say "I'll be right here"
"I'd like to go, but your love's made me stay."
[Chorus]
He's got a broken wing
And that's why he can't fly
She just can't leave him there
So she stays by his side
They're just like you and me
Oh you should've heard her sing
They won't give up
It's just a broken wing
[Verse 2]
I wish we all could learn
What they seem to have found
To love our families
When trouble comes around
I'll bet that God saw fit
To show them unto me
Him on the ground
Her in that tree
[Chorus]
He's got a broken wing
And that's why he can't fly
She just can't leave him there
So she stays by his side
They're just like you and me
Oh you should've heard her sing
They won't give up
We won't give up
They won't give up
It's just a broken wing
[Outro]
Ooh
- All That (1994)
- Unchained Melody: The Early Years (1997)
- God Bless America (2001)
- The Rose
- How Do I Live
- Can’t Fight the Moonlight
- I Need You
- Blue
- I Know Who Holds Tomorrow
- The Right Kind of Wrong
- National Anthem
- Please Remember
- Nothing Wrong
- Why Can’t We
- Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
- Gasoline and Matches
- Cryin’ Time
- I Can’t Be Myself
- Afraid to Fall
- Swingin’
- God Takes Care Of Your Kind
- Good Lookin’ Man
- For the First Time
- With You
- God Bless America
- Share My Love
- Borrowed