He seeks the sheltered nest
Like the sailor's lost horizon,
He needs some place to rest
The songs that he's been singin'
No longer make much sense
And those stranger's cold
They've killed his confid ence
she sails away upon a sea of song
Nightingale, she serenades his lonely,
When his tired voice is broken
He was strong, but he was taken
By the thought of his success
took him like all the rest
But that old dream don't look good now
No it don't seem quite the same
He needs to hear a tender word
Nightingale, she sails away
Nightingale, she serenades his lonely,
When his strength is slowly going,
His pride is all but gone
She makes a foolish dreamer
Nightingale ooh sing sweet nightingale
