Streetlight Manifesto - Birds Flying Away lyrics

I left my country when I was nineteen Nineteen twenty-five And drifted to a town on the Cuban coast And met a woman who became my life Oh, when I saw her The darkness fled from me Flew like a blackbird into the sun On the day she married me Dear God But now the drumbirds come for me Oh, now the drumbirds come for me Lord, give me forgiveness For all that I have done Forgive me now, of the weight I bear Don't keep me on the run Dear God Dear God I remember climbing up those shoulders And coming up under you like a lion And coming down like we were dying Dear God I left my country when I was nineteen Nineteen twenty-five And drifted to a town on the Cuban coast Met a woman who became my life Oh, when I saw her The darkness fled from me And flew like a blackbird into the sun On the day she married me Dear God Dear God I remember climbing up those shoulders