Love's a bird that will live in freedom, That no man ever learned to tame And in vain men may call and call her If she's no mind to play their game! They'll find nothing they do will tempt her, The one tries charm, the other's dumb! And that other's the one I fancy, He may not talk, but he's the one!
CHORUS
Love's a bird that will live in freedom, That no man ever learned to tame And in vain men may call and call her If she's no mind to play their game!
CARMEN
Oh love was born to gipsy life, A life that's free, that is as free as air; You may not love me, yet I love you, But if I love you, then you take care!
CHORUS
Oh love was born to gipsy life, A life that's free, that is as free as air; You may not love me, yet I love you, But if I love you, then you take care!
CARMEN
But this bird that you thought you'd taken Has flapped her wings and flown away; When love's gone then you sit there waiting, You give up waiting, down she'll fly! All around you she'll fly so quickly, She's there, she's gone, she's back in view, Think you've caught her and she'll escape you, Think you've escaped and she's caught you!
CHORUS
The bird that you thought you'd taken Has flapped her wings and flown away; When love's gone then you sit there waiting, You give up waiting, down she'll fly! All around you she'll fly so quickly, She's there, she's gone, she's back in view, Think you've caught her and she'll escape you, Think you've escaped and she's caught you!
CARMEN
Oh love was born to gipsy life, A life that's free, that is as free as air; You may not love me, yet I love you, But if I love you, then you take care!
CHORUS
Oh love was born to gipsy life, A life that's free, that is as free as air; You may not love me, yet I love you, But if I love you, then you take care!
Performers: Carmen: Marilyn Horne Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, cond. by Leonard Bernstein (1973) Library copy: CD2283
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