Aretha Franklin - Skylark (Official Audio)
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"Skylark" by Aretha Franklin
2026?
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The lyrics are perfect.
I am a cyclist and on long solo rides there is a freedom and the road is a good listener. Movement is a transporter of the soul.
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This is vocal perfection!
Chorus:
Skylark
I on the verge of tears I miss u so much
Have you seen a valley green with spring?
Where my heart can go a journeying
How is it possible for a song to be this beautiful?!? How is it possible to sing this with such perfection?!? Truly a goddess walked among us. RIP Aretha. ❤
Over the shadows and the rain
To a blossom covered lane
This wasn’t even Aretha at the height of her powers. And it still blows everything else out of the water. I miss you, Sweet powerful Queen.
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Pure Brilliance in a person!
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Aretha i MISS u 😢
@georgefields76901:57 is one of the most amazing vocal moments in the history of music. The emotion is off the charts and yet very palpable down to my bones. Simply Aretha.
@TheSmarq17lyrics
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 journeying
Over the shadows and the rain
To a blossomed covered lane
And in your lonely flight
Oh, haven't you heard, the music in the night?
Wonderful music, yes, faint as a will of the wisp
Crazy as a loon, sad as a gypsy, serenading the moon
Skylark, oh, I don't know if you can find these things
Oh but my heart, my heart is riding on your wings
So if you see them anywhere
Won't you lead me there?
21 years old when she recorded this. My God!
@mrkinlaThis might actually be better than Ella's version. (If such a thing were possible!)
@ihbarddxWhat a note!!! I'm still mesmerized...
@MarcosSouza-gb9hjUnsurpassed.
@archtop65Anointed voice above all others right here
@consuellaturnerBeautiful ❤
@mishm.3893Absolutely beautiful 🎤🎶🎶🎶🤎🤎The QUEEN ✊🏽✊🏽💯💯💯💯
@shirleyjones8953great
@myrnarobVery very Good one of Her Best!!!!!!
@ronaldprice4252It was always an event when I happened upon this record on the radio. Where ever, I paused to disappear into the mist. PWG
@paulgreen6921I looooove her voice and this song
@firelord_ozaiAretha did some wonderful recordings at Columbia and this gem of a song is an example
@johnfulton4061Beautiful song. My first time hearing this one from Aretha.
@randyharper7776My favorite song of Arethas. The finest singer America ever produced❤️👏❤️👏❤️
@BirdtoesAretha's voice was made for
this song.
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?
Oh 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?
She literally could sing any style of music. R.I.P.P. Great Lady Soul.
@uriyahbonafide4194She definitely sings this song most beautifully! Incomparable.
@GolfThistleI just never understood the struggle she had with Columbia in those years, she sang those songs beautfly
@tyroneboyd31Perfectly Beautiful 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
@faiththomas2693She was not even 20 yrs old when she recorded this song. Magnificent voice, magnificent songstress.
@PamelaJ5976😳
@stevelkI never knew she did this tune. This is quite something...!
@DashCornellBeautiful
@rebeccajean5765This Carmichael classic never sounded better. Alongside Saunders' 'If i lose', i think are two of the lesser known gems of Franklin's work.
@johnrowland3105when Aretha hits that note at 1:58, that made Dinah and Etta say "I'm never singing this song again....it's hers now."
And just for reference, I'm not making this up..this is from the David Ritz biography on Aretha - except Etta used much more colorful language...LOL
I love her I would dream I would be like her some
@dorisford415TROP TOP!!!
@malikabakir1990My all time favorite along with her singing
🎤IF EVER I WOULD LEAVE YOU.What a gem.RIH💐 Aretha Franklin
Haunting very Haunting!
@kerryjamesharris⚘🦋😘♥️
@celestejimenezredondo2139Etta James talked of Aretha doing this song and when it got to the part where she went above an octave said “how did that b get up that high!?” She saw Sarah Vaughan later and asked her about Aretha, Sarah said “you heard her doing Skylark?” Etta said “yeah” and Sarah said “and I’m not doing that song ever again!” 💀💀💀
@timmy841212Happy Birthday to Hoagy Carmichael his Birth Card is Jack of Hearts 💕 Merry Christmas ⛄🎄 Blessings and Hugs 💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕!
@markherron1407🧡 this version of Skylark and how she made it her own!
@jasminethecuriouswhitecoat1737Therapeutic music
@wambuinjuguna6895This voice is not of this planet.
@flatgoneSad that radio stations only play four or five of her most popular songs and NEVER delve into her masterpieces, of which this is certainly one.
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