Brandi Carlile | "Skyline Pigeon"
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Brandi Carlile performs "Skyline Pigeon" at the 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.
Brandi Carlile performs "Skyline Pigeon" at the 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song concert honoring Elton John and Bernie Taupin at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., March 30, 2024.
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Brandi Carlile | "Skyline Pigeon"
Clip: Season 2024 Episode 1 | 3m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
Brandi Carlile performs "Skyline Pigeon" at the 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song concert honoring Elton John and Bernie Taupin at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., March 30, 2024.
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♪ CARLILE: Turn me loose, ♪ from your hands.
♪ ♪ Let me fly, to ♪ distant lands.
♪ ♪ Over green fields, ♪ trees, and mountains, ♪ ♪ Flowers and ♪ forest fountains.
♪ ♪ Home along the ♪ lanes of the skyway, ♪ ♪ For a dark and lonely room, ♪ ♪ Projects a shadow ♪ cast in gloom.
♪ ♪ And my eyes are mirrors ♪ of the world outside ♪ ♪ Thinking of the way that ♪ the wind can turn the tide.
♪ ♪ And these shadows turn ♪ from purple into grey, ♪ ♪ For just a skyline pigeon, ♪ dreaming of the open waiting ♪ ♪ For the day, ♪ ♪ He can spread his wings and ♪ fly away again.
♪ ♪ Fly, skyline pigeon, fly ♪ ♪ Towards the dreams, you've ♪ left so very far behind.
♪ ♪ Fly away, ♪ skyline pigeon fly, ♪ ♪ Towards the dreams, you ♪ left so very far behind.
♪ ♪ Let me wake up in the morning ♪ to the smell of new-mown hay.
♪ ♪ To laugh and cry, ♪ ♪ To live and die in ♪ the brightness of my day.
♪ ♪ I wanna hear the pealing bells ♪ of distant churches sing.
♪ ♪ But most of all, ♪ ♪ Please free me from ♪ this aching metal ring.
♪ ♪ And open out the ♪ cage towards the sun, ♪ ♪ For just this ♪ skyline pigeon, ♪ ♪ Dreaming of the open, ♪ ♪ Waiting for the day, ♪ ♪ He can spread his wings ♪ and fly away again.
♪ ♪ Fly high, ♪ skyline pigeon, fly.
♪ ♪ Towards the dreams, you ♪ left so very far behind.
♪ ♪ Fly away, ♪ skyline pigeon fly, ♪ ♪ Toward the dreams ♪ you left so very, ♪ ♪ So very far, ♪ ♪ Behind.
♪ ♪ ♪ (song ends) (audience applause).
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Elton John and Bernie Taupin | "Your Song"
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Elton John performs his timeless classic, "Your Song" at the 2024 LOC Gershwin Prize. (4m 1s)
Joni Mitchell and Friends | "I'm Still Standing"
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Joni Mitchell & friends interpret Elton John's "I'm Still Standing" at the Gershwin Prize. (3m 24s)
Annie Lennox Sings "Border Song"
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Annie Lennox sings "Border Song" at the 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song concert. (3m 48s)
Billy Porter | "The Bitch is Back"
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Billy Porter performs "The Bitch is Back" at the 2024 Gershwin Prize concert. (3m 48s)
Brandi Carlile Performs Madman Across the Water
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Brandi Carlile performs "Madman Across the Water" at the 2024 Gershwin Prize concert. (5m 50s)
Charlie Puth Performs "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
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Charlie Puth performs "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" at the 2024 Gershwin Prize concert (5m 49s)
Elton John and Bernie Taupin: Gershwin Prize | Acceptance Speech
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Elton John and Bernie Taupin reflect on their extraordinary journey in music. (6m 23s)
Elton John and Bernie Taupin: Gershwin Prize | Sneak Peek
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Artists sing praises to Elton and Bernie from the 2024 Gershwin Prize red carpet. (1m 9s)
Elton John and Bernie Taupin | "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
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Elton John performs "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" at the 2024 Gershwin Prize. (5m 8s)
Elton John Performs "Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters"
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Elton John performs "Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters" at the 2024 Gershwin Prize concert. (5m 4s)
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Garth Brooks performs "Daniel" at the 2024 LOC Gershwin Prize for Popular Song concert. (3m 57s)
Garth Brooks | "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word"
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Garth Brooks performs "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" at the 2024 Gershwin Prize. (3m 49s)
Jacob Lusk | "Bennie and the Jets"
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Jacob Lusk of the band Gabriels performs "Bennie and the Jets" at the 2024 Gershwin Prize. (5m 50s)
Maren Morris | "I Guess That's Why They Call it The Blues"
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Maren Morris sings "I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues" at the 2024 Gershwin Prize (4m 32s)
Metallica | Funeral for a Friend and Love Lies Bleeding
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Metallica plays a powerful rendition of "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding." (8m 11s)
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