Joan Baez and David Crosby performed “Blackbird,” a song written by Lennon–McCartney, during the Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration at the Beacon Theatre in New York on January 27, 2016.
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TRANSCRIPT
[ 'Blackbird' plays ] -♪ 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 ♪ -♪ Ooh -♪ 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 fly ♪ Blackbird fly -♪ Into the light of the dark black night ♪ -♪ Oh oh ♪ 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 ♪ ♪ You were only waiting for this moment to be free ♪ ♪ You were only waiting for this moment to be free ♪ [ Cheers and applause ]