Kanyoni lyrics
by Barbara Wangui
[Verse}
You used to call me your little bird
“Kanyoni gakwa kainaga”
For when your spirits sank low, I’d sing them off the floor for you
[Verse]
The other birdies, yeah they told me
They saw you watching from the balcony
They want to bring you up here to help us spread the cheer of life
[Refrain]
You said, no, you’d never sang; you didn’t know and didn’t want to
[Verse]
And so we wrote a song for you;
We wrote it in a day or two
A song about birds that watch other birds sing tunes
[Chorus]
And it goes:
Oooh
We sang:
Oooh
[Verse]
You said you’d like to try to sing
Would anybody really listen in?
What if it wasn’t that great?
Or maybe it’s too late to learn something new
[Verse]
Thе other birdies will be listеning
And they will help you in a heartbeat
We want to bring you up here to help us spread the cheer of life
[Refrain]
We watched you close your eyes, spread your wings, get ready to fly
[Chorus]
And you sang:
Oooh
And we joined:
Oooh
[Outro]
This is a song I wrote for you
I hope you’re somewhere out there listening to your little bird and all the other birds sing too