“Snowbird” is a song by the Canadian lyricist Gene MacLellan. Though it has been recorded by many performers, it is best known through Anne Murray’s 1969 recording, which—after appearing as an album track in mid-1969—was released as a single in mid-1970.
Two stanzas of this speak loudly of the human effort to find that one completely-satisfying endeavor. The goals of the human experience that end up like a trip to the fair.
When I was young
My heart was young then, too
Anything that it would tell me
That’s the thing that I would do
But now I feel such emptiness within
For the thing that I want most in life’s
The thing that I can’t win
Let me say unequivocally, that a much better way to spend time is to discover who put us on the planet and what He expects of us while we’re here.
Psalm 81:10-13
I am the Lord your God,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
“But my people did not listen to my voice;
Israel would not submit to me.
So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,
to follow their own counsels.
Oh, that my people would listen to me,
that Israel would walk in my ways!
Think about it. Don’t make the same mistake as Israel.
Gary