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Green finch and linnet bird, nightingale, blackbirdHow is it you sing?How can you jubilate, singing in cagesNever taking wing?Outside, the sky waits, beckoning, beckoningJust beyond the barsHow can you remain , staring at the rainMaddened by the stars?How is it you sing anything?How is it you sing?Green finch and linnet bird, nightingale, blackbirdSongtexteHow is it you sing?Whence comes this melody, constantly flowing?Is it rejoicing or merely hallowing?Are you discussing or fussingOr simply dreaming?Are you crowing? Are you screaming?Ringdove and robinet, is it for wages?Singing to be sold?Have you decided, it's safer in cagesSinging when you're told?My cage has many rooms, damask and darkNothing there sings, not even a larkLarks never will, you know, when they're captiveTeach me to be more adaptive, ahGreen finch, and linnet bird, nightingale, blackbirdTeach me how to singIf I cannot flyLet me sing Aus Songtexte Mania