"Songbird" is my second favorite CM song, after "Why". She has said that she wrote it for everyone...a Fleetwood Mac prayer. I LOVE everything about it. The lyrics are beautiful. It's been played at both weddings & funerals. It's just a beautiful, yet simple song. Less is more in this case.
My favorite version is the album version, but I loved it live at the end of Fleetwood Mac shows. It was a perfect closer. I never minded her goodbyes or "drive home carefully" near the end. I also love the outtake version on the bonus disc of the re-mastered Rumours with the gentle guitar & bass.
Even though "Don't Stop" is still the best known Christine(& Fleetwood Mac) song, "Songbird" is definitely Christine's signature song. I never saw a Fleetwood Mac concert without "Songbird" at the end.
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