Standard (EADGBE)

The smell of man that now scents your wings

 And whiff that brings

 A change in things

Banished forever from the sacred nest

 On your snow-white breast

 I feel there's still unrest

 I said hey, darlin' one

 Your time has come

Hey, darlin' one

 Five hundred midnights since have passed

 Since I held you fast

 You were safe at last

Wax burnt my finger like a clear blue flame

 So young and tame

 I was to blame

 N' I call your name, darlin' one

 Your time has come

 I said hey, darlin' one

 Your time has just begun

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I cupped my hands around you

 And I swore you would fly

 My tears fell through the dirt

 As I heaved you to the sky

Hey, darlin' one

 Your time has come

 Your time has come

Hey, darlin'

Darlin'

 Darlin one

Hey, darlin' one more time has come