(x4) Today my bird flew away; gone to find her big Blue Jay. Starlight before she took flight I sang a Lullaby Of Birdland every night. I sang a lullaby every night sang for my Ava every night. Ava was the morning now she's gone; she's re-born like Sarah Vaughan. In the sanctuary she has found birds sur-round her sweet sound. And Ava flies in paradise and Ava flies in paradise. With dread I woke in my bed to shooting pains up in my head. Lovebird my beautiful bird spoke until one day she couldn't be heard. She spoke until one day she couldn't be heard. She just stopped singing. Ava was the morning now she's gone; she's re-born like Sarah Vaughan. In the sanctuary she has found birds sur-round her sweet sound. And Ava flies in paradise and Ava flies in paradise. Ava was the morning now she's gone; she's re-born like Sarah Vaughan. In the sanctuary she has found birds sur-round her sweet sound. And Ava flies in paradise and Ava flies in paradise. ...