Bird on a Wire - new verses?

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prendio2
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Bird on a Wire - new verses?

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Hi,

Last night in Vienna Leonard sang lyrics at the end of Bird on a Wire that I had never heard before. I fumbled for a pen and paper but most of the lyrics escaped me by the time I could write anything down.The song ended with the line:

"It was you belonging was made for"

and had an earlier line like "it was always for you".

Has anyone heard these lyrics before and/or does anyone know the full verses?

Let me know if you think I should be posting this in the Fall Tour section.

Oisn
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Re: Bird on a Wire - new verses?

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I wrote them down in Bucharest (mentioned that in the Fall tour section, but no one seems to have noticed!), as far as I could understand they were:

"Don't cry, you were always the one/it was you that the longing was made for"

I'm not sure if I heard them in the other concerts or not, maybe others remember.

Laura
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I noticed the change of lyrics too, but did not remember them exactly. I hope someone at the next concerts will pay attention and give us the exact verses.
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Just scroll down, 8 or 9 threads below this new one:
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=11928
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thanks for the link Tom.. curiosity satisfied: )
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