Blackbird Singing
Originally uploaded by Jane Ray’s Wildlife Rescue Series
Sarah McLachlan loves animals and she’s not afraid to show it. In fact, she has lent her support to both the BC SPCA and the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC in the past, and is about to do so again.
Next week, Sarah will shoot a new television commercial for the SPCA, following on her moving and powerful “Angel” commercial that has been airing over the past couple of years. I’m hoping to be invited to the shoot!
Although it was the Beatles who wrote “Blackbird,” and Paul McCartney who first made the song famous, in my head I always hear it sung in Sarah McLachlan’s voice, and her rendition always turns my thoughts to animals I’ve rescued or helped to heal over the past seven years.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.
Black bird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
you were only waiting for this moment to be free…