[Intro]
[Verse]
I was a rough-necked Kirkby youth
But not as cloth-eared as others
My rides were shared with larks above
My landscape full of green plovers
[Chorus]
Fifty year wings have b**t since then
New swarms have bred their brood and fed
Upon the fragile fecund den
That had such life and now is d**d
[Verse]
As friends we played in parks that hummed
With grasshopper chatter and bees
Our local moss of peat was crammed
With nature and curlews at ease
[Chorus]
Fifty year wings have b**t since then
New swarms have bred their brood and fed
Upon the fragile fecund den
That had such life and now is d**d
[Break]
[Verse]
From time to time an owl was heard
From The Chad where the old folk sleep
Strings of peanuts soon spread the word
To manifold greenfinch that sweep
[Chorus]
Fifty year wings have b**t since then
New swarms have bred their brood and fed
Upon the fragile fecund den
That had such life and now is d**d
[Chorus]
Fifty year wings have b**t since then
New swarms have bred their brood and fed
Upon the fragile fecund den
That had such life and now is d**d
[Outro]
