
The Kelly Song Collective
Bird​
I know a bird that wants to sing
Rock Dove on a ledge from spring to spring
Forever wakeful doesn’t miss a thing
I know a bird that wants to sing
I have seen his heart he wants to fly
Cast aside these bonds go back to sea and sky
Ask him if he will there’s no reply
I have seen his heart he wants to fly
There’s only one way off of this bridge
At least one way that I know
Gotta throw it like a switch
Gotta smash the status quo
Well in the shadows of your saints
There in cobbled squares; reviled by heads of state
Do you feel his sole complaint?
In the shadows of your saints
Born naked in the cold
But if you watch him grow, watch his life unfold
The story’s not what you were told
Born naked in the cold
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© Michael Worthington Music 2014

Not a bad little song.