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Beatles "Blackbird" = do lyrics by Paul McCartney work as poetry? STUDENTS recite = symbol explained

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Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free

Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night

Paul McCartney has said on different occasions that he wrote "Blackbird" as a way of giving support to American black women who were suffering due to racial tensions in 1968.

America had a lot of unrest at the time of the Civil Rights Movement. In British lingo, "bird" means "girl" or "young woman." McCartney gives encouragement in his lines, urging the bird to fly.
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