Aretha Franklin - Skylark Lyrics






Skylark
Have you anything to say to me?
Won't you tell me where my love can be?
Is there a meadow in the mist
Where someone's waiting to be kissed?

Skylark
Have you seen a valley green with spring?
Where my heart can go a journeying
Over the shadows and the rain
To a blossom covered lane

And in your lonely flight
Haven't you heard the music in the night?
Wonderful music, faint as a will o' the wisp
Crazy as a loon, sad as a gypsy serenading the moon

Oh skylark
I don't know if you can find these things
But my heart is riding on your wings
So if you see them anywhere
Won't you lead me there?

Oh skylark
I don't know if you can find these things
But my heart is riding on your wings
So if you see them anywhere
Won't you lead me there?





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  1. S.... H....

    I've listened to a lot of singers sing this song and Aretha does it the best. Her voice makes you feel the raw emotion of the song. Love you Aretha R.I.P.

  2. J.... H....

    I wish you were still here. Beautiful voice.

  3. L.... K....

    positively awesome ...

  4. J.... E....

    I am waiting to hear the version done by Jackie Parrish in the early 50's! Anyone remember or have it? Please share. Thank you Jesus is Love

  5. R.... A....

    Lyrics :)

    Skylark
    Have you anything to say to me?

    Won't you tell me where my love can be?

    Is there a meadow in the mist

    Where someone's waiting to be kissed?



    Skylark

    Have you seen a valley green with spring?

    Where my heart can go a journeying

    Over the shadows and the rain

    To a blossom covered lane



    And in your lonely flight

    Haven't you heard the music in the night?

    Wonderful music, faint as a will o' the wisp

    Crazy as a loon, sad as a gypsy serenading the moon



    Oh skylark

    I don't know if you can find these things

    But my heart is riding on your wings

    So if you see them anywhere

    Won't you lead me there?



    Oh skylark

    I don't know if you can find these things

    But my heart is riding on your wings

    So if you see them anywhere

    Won't you lead me there?

  6. W.... R....

    "THIS," right here is why she was named "THE QUEEN OF SOUL."
    RIP MS. FRANKLIN....
    I'M JUST SAYING....

  7. K.... G....

    Doubtless.The best rendition of "Skylark."An absolute gem...

  8. M.... E....

    When she hits that note @1:57

  9. W.... S....

    Best version of this song.

  10. S.... W....

    I must say, the Linda Ronstadt version is really good too, one of the best songs she ever sang....

  11. M.... ....

    Etta James once recalled listening to Franklin’s version of Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael’s standard “Skylark.” In the second verse, Franklin jumps an octave. “I had to scratch my head and ask myself, How the fuck did that bitch do that? I remember running into Sarah Vaughan, who always intimidated me. Sarah said, ‘Have you heard of this Aretha Franklin girl?’ I said, ‘You heard her do ‘Skylark,’ didn’t you?’ Sarah said, ‘Yes, I did, and I’m never singing that song again.’ ”

  12. D.... O....

    She can sing so thrillingly in any genre of music , and yet it's always unmistakably Aretha.

  13. M.... L....

    🕊👸🏾❤🕊👸🏾❤🕊👸🏾❤ 2019!

  14. H.... G....

    I completely love your Skylark,
    Ms. Aretha. Thank you from my soul.

  15. S.... W....

    So when you literally weep listening to someone sing a song, that means they are pretty good.

  16. B.... P....

    Wow, didn't know this was in her repertoire, lovely.

  17. E.... R....

    i adore this song, it's about a very particular kind of pain.

  18. G.... T....

    God bless

  19. J.... 1....

    I just happened to hear this for the first time what an amazing song she sang this is incredible

  20. r.... s....

    “I had to scratch my head and ask myself, How the fuck did that bitch do that? I remember running into Sarah Vaughan, who always intimidated me. Sarah said, ‘Have you heard of this Aretha Franklin girl?’ I said, ‘You heard her do ‘Skylark,’ didn’t you?’ Sarah said, ‘Yes, I did, and I’m never singing that song again.’” -- Etta James, from David Ritz’ Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin, 2014

  21. M.... S....

    MEU DEUS,QUE COISA FANTÁSTICA MAGNÍFICA,LINDA DIVINA E MARAVILHOSA

  22. J.... H....

    Yeah, still crying.

  23. j.... b....

    More than "Respect," "I Say A Little Prayer" or any of her other hits, Aretha Franklin said this was her very favorite song to sing.

  24. u.... ....

    Aretha is ridiculously good on this, a vocal way beyond her years. Every song she sings she makes her own and this is no different; pitch perfect and hitting some incredible notes. Her voice was a voice from God, thanks for posting.

  25. M.... R....

    DAMN I KNOW SHE'S GONE BUT I WANT HER TO COME BACK.

  26. K.... M....

    When Etta James heard this song she said: "Aretha took this song to a whole nother place". "When she goes back and sing the chorus a second time and jumps an octave- I mean, she is screaming- I had to scratch my head and ask myself. How the fuck did that bitch do that? I remember running into Sarah Vaughn, who always intimidated me. Sarah said "Have you heard of this Aretha Franklin girl?" I said, you heard her do Skylark, didn't you? Sarah said. "Yes I did, I am never singing that song again". Aretha rest in peace. Thank you for using your voice to sooth our pains and to fight for our freedom. We LOVE you Queen.

  27. A.... S....

    Just gorgeous!

  28. S.... D....

    Rumor has it that Sarah Vaughan was SHOOK upon hearing this version and swore to never sing this song ever again.

    S.... D....

    SJW Destroyer just read that now

    S.... D....

    i read it, its true!

  29. E.... A....

    My my my........sheer perfection!!

  30. T.... O....

    Imagine playing this on a vinyl record?? HEAVEN

  31. K.... V....

    simply beautiful!
    sleep well my angel! ♡♡♡

  32. R.... O....

    RESPECT of course my all time , but this was my second. RIP Aretha.

  33. D.... M....

    Wow! I can see why Ms. Sarah Vaughn stated she would never sing the song again after hearing Ms. Franklin's recording of the standard. Ms. Vaugn is second to no one in regards to musical pipes but this is out of this world good. Rest in Peace and Power to both of those geniuses.

  34. E.... A....

    By far the best, rest on high Queen.

  35. S.... m....

    Simply amazing!  Her voice is pitch perfect!

  36. S.... J....

    I did not know that she covered this song. This is my favorite tune. Wow! Very nice!

  37. e.... L....

    This glorious recording shows yet another aspect of Miss Franklin's talents, and is the best recording of the Carmichael/van Heusen paean to love, doubt, longing, hope that I have ever heard. Ella Fitzgerald's is lovely, rather sunny, and beautifully sung. Franklin sings the heart of the song, and curiously, In spite of all the high-flying vocalizing, at times it seems as though she is speaking the words. Of course, the stratospheric, in-flight A flat is a wonderful surprise, but my favorite moment is when she sings "loon," and imitates the bird.

    e.... L....

    Hi Elizabeth - Johnny Mercer wrote these lyrics. Dedicated to Ms. Judy Garland, with whom he was in love. I agree this is a magnificent version of the song. All the best to you.

    e.... L....

    Of course, and I realized that as I pressed "send." John Hammond would wag his finger at me. Thanks for making the correction, not just for me, but for all who read this. Note the writer below: do you remember Helen Twelvetrees? Or OF her?

  38. P.... ....

    THIS Song PROVES to the WORLD that Aretha IS THE GREATEST VOICE to EVER Sing a Song, Period!!! And That Note she hits, is Simply ASTONISHING!!! She had NO Peer!!! Heartbroken she is gone BUT her Legacy will live ON!! NOW She is Singing for her SAVIOR and GOD, JESUS CHRIST!!! xooxoxoxo

    P.... ....

    PeaceFan1 you said it all...❤️💔👸🏾🎶

    P.... ....

    PeaceFan1:🎯

  39. C.... M....

    She was a heartbreaker in her youth. As were many heartbreakers. It’s the nature of heartbreaking I reckon.

  40. M.... B....

    Thank you beautiful lady for the music... RIP...

  41. C.... L....

    SO LOVE THIS SONG BY ARETHA....XO

  42. w.... ....

    Etta James once recalled listening to Franklin’s version of Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael’s standard “Skylark.” In the second verse, Franklin jumps an octave. “I had to scratch my head and ask myself, How the fuck did that bitch do that? I remember running into Sarah Vaughan, who always intimidated me. Sarah said, ‘Have you heard of this Aretha Franklin girl?’ I said, ‘You heard her do ‘Skylark,’ didn’t you?’ Sarah said, ‘Yes, I did, and I’m never singing that song again.’ ” - The New Yorker

  43. S.... L....

    Thanks Aretha!

  44. V.... V....

    First time hearing this song today Sun Aug 19th, 2018
    Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful

  45. m.... h....

    She was beyond a vocalist. She conveyed a feeling a beauty a soulfulnes that extended beyond . Her body of work will be with us forever. Wonderful music. Beauty beyond any before her

  46. L.... D....

    I wish this song was playing when I was coming into the world in '63 bc I'm certain I would of been bathed in her rapturous light for the rest of my life.

  47. S.... ....

    Wow! This song moves you to tears. Beautiful.

  48. H.... ....

    But this album cover tho!...so beautiful...

  49. R.... I....

    Such brilliance.

  50. D.... H....

    Wonderful version of a classic by a great American classic

  51. s.... l....

    Smiling thru tears....... THAT VOICE!

  52. M.... W....

    beautiful!

  53. K.... R....

    S/O to Twitter never heard this Gem until now😩❤️

  54. C.... L....

    Just lovely. And only 21 years old (!?)

  55. K.... W....

    A voice that will go down in history.

  56. n.... ....

    I like the song and the sentiment of the song and prefer feeling to showing off, so I would much rather listen to Ella's recording of Skylark.

  57. H.... C....

    Why doesn't this have a trillion likes?

  58. d.... m....

    wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  59. A.... ....

    Gonna be a hell of an addition to that heavenly choir.

  60. G.... S....

    Cher bought me here.beautiful from the queen

  61. J.... W....

    😭😭😭😢

  62. G.... R....

    R-E-S-T-I-N-P-E-A-C-E, find out what it means to me.

  63. T.... N....

    RIP my queen.

  64. b.... b....

    I am a fan and grew up on Aretha's music. They were doing a tribute to her today on a radio talk program, this song was played and one of the guests talked about how his belated mom played this song when he was a child, I immediately liked what I was hearing. I had never heard this before so I came to Youtube to hear this song again, it is so beautiful and soothing. The one and only "Queen of Soul", Aretha Franklin, RIH. Thank you so much for sharing this masterpiece.

  65. T.... W....

    A perfect vocal. Rest now, Queen.

  66. M.... W....

    RIP Aretha - what a performance!

  67. D.... I....

    I always liked the song Skylark by Aretha Franklin

  68. J.... S....

    Rip Aretha!!

  69. E.... M....

    RIP Queen #timeless

  70. b.... ....

    I am crying. RIP, Queen.

  71. D.... E....

    😢 The Greatest

  72. 1.... ....

    We love you. We'll miss you <3

  73. S.... M....

    RIP... You will never be forgotten...!!!

  74. G.... P....

    I've been singing you since I was in high school and ain't about to stop now. It's time for you to fly. Rest in Peace Aretha. May God bless and take care of your family.

  75. T.... D....

    Wayment! That octave!!! Untouchable Queen we speak your name

    T.... D....

    After hearing her hit that octave in the third verse, Sarah Vaughan said she would never sing this song again!

    T.... D....

    I read about that! Lol

    T.... D....

    @Pacino Rules Carol King says the same about Natural Woman.

  76. M.... M....

    God knows... Aretha is unforgettable! Can't listen to this song without crying.

  77. M.... D....

    One of my very favorites by her. I get goosebumps on my goosebumps every time I hear it. That high G sharp is astonishing. We are going to miss you so much wonderful lady.

  78. C.... M....

    Phenominal. My mother used to have this.

  79. C.... H....

    perfection

  80. G.... W....

    R. I. P. ❤

  81. Y.... R....

    Missing you already, Aretha.

  82. T.... W....

    OMG!! This is phenominal!!

  83. J.... M....

    R.I.P. Aretha

  84. L.... B....

    Woof.. Holy heck.. So pretty.

  85. M.... D....

    RIP QUEEN

  86. M.... L....

    We've lost a legend

  87. K.... G....

    Rest in peace by beautiful queen, may your soul live on forever

  88. L.... H....

    Rest in Peace now Angel. You'll be missed dearly 💔💔💔

  89. D.... Z....

    She is free today.

  90. i.... ....

    The one and only Queen of Soul. Rest in Peace Aretha.

  91. K.... H....

    Simply Beautiful!!!😇

  92. D.... W....

    "I remember running into Sarah Vaughan, who always intimidated me. Sarah said, ‘Have you heard of this Aretha Franklin girl?’ I said, ‘You heard her do ‘Skylark,’ didn’t you?’ Sarah said, ‘Yes, I did, and I’m never singing that song again.'"

    https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/aretha-franklin-a-postscript-in-music

  93. p.... ....

    RIP my queen

  94. G.... M....

    With her passing many stories and anecdotes are being shared, this is one relating this song. Sarah Vaughan stopping sing Skylark after hearing this recording. I mean Sarah Vaughan

    G.... M....

    True story, as her swearing off the song was witnessed by Etta James.

  95. E.... R....

    Fly free Skylark.

  96. d.... ....

    Simply beautiful! Rest in peace, Aretha. Your silky voice will be missed.

  97. R.... S....

    RIP ARETHA. QUEEN OF OUR SOULS. SAYING A LITTLE PRAYER FOR U AND UR FAMILY. COMPLETE LEGEND; THE QUEEN OF SOUL
    August 16, 1977. Elvis Presley died
    August 16, 2018. Aretha Franklin died.RIP ARETHA.

  98. T.... ....

    She was the greatest! Rip!

  99. S.... H....

    I love Aretha: The Early Recordings re-released in 1997. This song is one of the highlights. I love her delivery, it's perfection.