Biography:
Laura Veirs (born Laura Pauline Veirs on 24 October 1973 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is an American singer-songwriter.
Veirs was raised in Colorado, studied geology and Mandarin Chinese at Carleton College, worked as a translator for a geological expedition in China, and now lives in Portland, Oregon. Veirs has said that she didn't seriously listen to music until she was in her 20s; instead, she just heard what was in her environment. She listened to folk / country / classical / pop, around the house & on the radio, during her youth.
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Other songs:
- Black Butterfly
- Wrecking
- Blue Ink
- Cast A Hook In Me
- Cool Water
- Dont Lose Yourself
- Ether Sings
- Galaxies
- I Can See Your Tracks
- Life Is Good Blues
- Make Something Good
- Nightingale
- Saltbreakers
- Shadow Blues
- Shape Shifter
- Spelunking
- Sun Is King
- Sun Song
- The Ballad Of John Vogelin
- The Cloud Room
- The Fox
- Where Gravity Is Dead
- Wide
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[Verse 1]
Em G
Nightingale sing
Am C
Though it's blacker than the bog
Am D
Nightingale sing to me
G Am
I need to hear your song
[Verse 2]
Em G
Nightingale come
Am C
And perch upon my tree
Am D
A terrifying light's
G Am
Been flashing over me
[Chorus]
D G
I would not bear to rest
Am C
I would not dare to dream
Am D
Till the nightingale came
G Am
And sang a song for me
[Verse 3]
Em G
She'll sing above the blasts
Am C
And the clothing singed by fire
Am D
She'll sing above the black smoke
G Am
Rising from the funeral pyre
[Verse 4]
Em G
Her heart a field in bloom
Am C
Her heart a sacred snow
Am D
Her heart a mirror blinding
G Am
All the greedy as they go
[Chorus]
D G
I would not bear to rest
Am C
I would not dare to dream
Am D
Till the nightingale came
G Am
And sang a song for me
[Verse 5]
Em G
I cannot help but want
Am C
To sodder all the parts
Am D
Sodder back together
G Am
All the shattered hearts
[Verse 6]
Em G
Nightingale come
Am C
And perch upon my tree
Am D
The terrifying night's
G Am
Been crashing over me
[Chorus]
D G
I would not bear to rest
Am C
I would not dare to dream
Am D
Till the nightingale came
G Am
And sang a song for me
[Chorus]
D G
I would not bear to rest
Am C
I would not dare to dream
Am D
Till the nightingale came
G Am
And sang a song for me
Em G
Nightingale sing
Am C
Though it's blacker than the bog
Am D
Nightingale sing to me
G Am
I need to hear your song
[Verse 2]
Em G
Nightingale come
Am C
And perch upon my tree
Am D
A terrifying light's
G Am
Been flashing over me
[Chorus]
D G
I would not bear to rest
Am C
I would not dare to dream
Am D
Till the nightingale came
G Am
And sang a song for me
[Verse 3]
Em G
She'll sing above the blasts
Am C
And the clothing singed by fire
Am D
She'll sing above the black smoke
G Am
Rising from the funeral pyre
[Verse 4]
Em G
Her heart a field in bloom
Am C
Her heart a sacred snow
Am D
Her heart a mirror blinding
G Am
All the greedy as they go
[Chorus]
D G
I would not bear to rest
Am C
I would not dare to dream
Am D
Till the nightingale came
G Am
And sang a song for me
[Verse 5]
Em G
I cannot help but want
Am C
To sodder all the parts
Am D
Sodder back together
G Am
All the shattered hearts
[Verse 6]
Em G
Nightingale come
Am C
And perch upon my tree
Am D
The terrifying night's
G Am
Been crashing over me
[Chorus]
D G
I would not bear to rest
Am C
I would not dare to dream
Am D
Till the nightingale came
G Am
And sang a song for me
[Chorus]
D G
I would not bear to rest
Am C
I would not dare to dream
Am D
Till the nightingale came
G Am
And sang a song for me
Lauren Hoffman
Lauren Jauregui
Lauren Marcus
Lauren Sharpe
Laurena Segura