Yellow Bird

Yellow Bird

    Yellow bird, up high in banana tree. Yellow bird, you sit all alone¹ like me. Did² your lady friend leave your nest³ again? That is very sad, makes me feel so bad. You can fly away, in the sky away. You*re more lucky⁴ than me.
    I also had⁵ a pretty girl; she*s not with me today. They*re all the same the pretty girls. Take tenderness⁶, then they fly away.
    Let her fly away, in the sky away. Pick⁷ a town and soon take from night to noon⁸. Black and yellow you, like banana, too. They might⁹ pick you someday¹⁰.
    Wish that I were a yellow bird. I*d fly away with you. But I am not a yellow bird, so here I sit, nothing else to do. Yellow bird, yellow bird.

1 alone   

adj.单独的，孤独的；adv.单独地，独自地；仅仅

参考例句：

• He often makes a round trip to the hospital alone.他经常一个人往返医院。
• It is dangerous for a girl to go out alone at night.一个女孩夜里单独外出是危险的。

2 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

3 nest   

n.巢，窝，休息所，隐匿处；vi.筑巢，找鸟巢；vt.为…设窝，使套入

参考例句：

• The home is a warm nest.家是一个温暖的巢。
• This is an old nest.这是一个旧的鸟窝。

4 lucky   

adj.幸运的，侥幸的，碰巧的，吉祥的

参考例句：

• Three is my lucky number.三是我的幸运数字。
• You are a lucky dog.你真是个幸运儿。

5 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

6 tenderness   

n.柔软；温和；亲切；心软难处理

参考例句：

• He felt a brief wave of tenderness towards his old teacher. 他对他年迈的老师湧起了一股爱怜之情。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There was tenderness in his face as he looked at her. 他看着她的时候满脸温柔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 pick   

n.精选，掘；鹤嘴锄；vt.摘，掘，凿，挑选，挖，挑剔；vi. 摘，掘，凿，挖，挑选

参考例句：

• Please don't pick the flowers.请勿攀折花木。
• We are going to pick apples.我们要去摘苹果。

8 noon   

n.中午，正午；最高点；全盛期

参考例句：

• She often read newspaper at noon.她常在中午看报。
• I'll be back before noon.我会在正午之前回来。

9 might   

aux./v.(may的过去式)可能；可以，允许

参考例句：

• It looks as if it might snow.看起来好像要下雪了。
• Might I ask a question?我能问个问题吗？

10 someday   

adv.(今后)有一天

参考例句：

• He'll forgive me someday.总有一天他会宽恕我的。
• My hope is that someday you will move to this town.我希望你有朝一日能搬到这个城市里来。