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I Saw Birds Flocking
03:10
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I looked into the future
So bright the crystal ball
I met my face in a different place than I ever thought to crawl
There was a meal upon the table
And an angel in the hall
And I Saw Birds Flocking
The house was full of sunlight
The kids came out to play
There were mission bells and the city smells were a million miles away
I was laying by a wagon
You were painting up the day
And I Saw Birds Flocking
There was music to the afternoon
But it wasn't written out
I saw a thousand notes - they pearled the sky
And sung my little world around
Catch me on a cloud!
The king is in the castle
The moon is on the rise
The day's all done and my little one sends a look into my eyes
And I knew the great adventure bent a funny kind of prize
And I Saw Birds Flocking
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Befuddling the face of the morning star
Kicking up a flutter in the garden
She's crashing through the leaves as the branches duck away
Picking up the pace of a moving car
She's never gonna stop to beg a pardon
She's gunning for the shine of a valentine in May
It's May!
OH - can it be?
Catch that glow from above!
It's a ripe fantasy
Mourning Dove Meets The Mayflower
Dropping from the top of the tallest trees
Right into the middle of the meadow
The petals going red and the fever on the rise
Offers her a drink in the summer breeze
She coos a little tune in her falsetto
Before she jumps into the ring and then to her surprise
Surprise!
OH - can it be?
It's the face of love
Drunk of life's ecstasy
Mourning Dove Meets The Mayflower
THE FLOWERS:
I'm waiting to feel the embrace of the Mourning Dove
This race is for real and I'm chasing the Mourning Dove
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3. |
Seagull
03:42
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High as a kite
You can see it take flight
By the watery wall
(SEAGULL, SEAGULL)
Changing your mind
If you follow you'll find
That the chart isn't all
Groomed for the gold
At the top of the grade
But perfection has got you in free fall - Seagull!
Mastered the plan
You're a champion, man
Now there's nowhere to go
(SEAGULL SEAGULL)
The crash of the waves
And success never paves the ocean, you know
So take off your jaws
And submit to the blue
You're already a Birdy to people - Seagull!
The heart is like an ocean
You could carry on, carry on with your load
Or fly away without the mixed emotions
Don't be carrion
GO!
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4. |
Royal Soil
03:29
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Birdies go up
Trees go up
Big and brown
Numbers go up
Bees go up
We go down
And I'll go down with you my darling
Where the sunshine's falling on a friend of mine
But the radio says the ball could spoil
We gotta bury our beds in Royal Soil
Royal Soil keeps the valley on the vine
As production goes up
Needs go up
In my town
Buildings go up
Speeds go up
We'll go down
And I'll go down with you my darling
After all our partying is in recline
Keeping up with Old Jones - the mortal coil
We've gotta bury our bones in Royal Soil
Royal Soil keeps the valley on the vine
When you're the stuck in the road
Leave the Road!
Putting stock in the chain -
Break the Chain!
And we will break the chain my darling
Get the rest re-starting with our new design
Cause we're out of control - snaking oil
We've gotta bury our souls in Royal Soil
Royal Soil keeps the valley on the vine
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5. |
Bird or Beast?
02:27
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See me 30
On these dirty streets
Am I Bird or Beast?
Mother Nature - are you in control?
Is this what you wanted for your boiling bowl?
Father Wonder - are you riding high?
Somewhere supersonic in a bonnet sky?
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Birdy
02:32
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Sunshine through the main line
I'm up early - getting tired
In time I will resign
From the dirty
Be a Birdy!!!
Hassle in the castle
With the rascals and the jerks
Run down 'til the sun's down
Pushing 30
Be a Birdy!!
It's a rotten situation, and I'm trying to get my wings
Need another occupation - I'd do nearly anything
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We've been swallowing a swoon, my love
We've been riding out a tune, my love
Now we're rolling in the flowers
We could talk out here for hours
But the spring will soon be leaving
And the gasp is heading for the ceiling
If we wait a little longer now to bitter grin and bear
And play the straight and narrow....
QUICK - Wendy Wake The Sparrow!
It's been seven years abroad, my love
Don't need a theater to applaud, my love
Maybe missing many chances
But we've been following expanses
Now the wishing well is closing
And we're still flying on the wings we've chosen
Maybe someday we could settle down into metal man machines
It chills me to the marrow
QUICK! Wendy Wake The Sparrow
(Be a Birdy)
All the brighter birds are sleeping
Don't believe them - get yourself up
Creeping to the top of every giant tree that's ever walked away
And sing it so they hear-o
whispered: quick wendy, wake the sparrow....
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wren
01:01
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9. |
Sky
04:12
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Thinking back on golden days - crying on my shoulder
The water writing separates in the corner of my eye
Innocent the open breeze - medicine the sunshine
Wishing you could follow me, instead of staying in this stride
I am no friend of the family
I've got the shine in my eye
And I will ride to the stranding
Under a bandit sky
Dreaming makes me lose my mind - takes me up above it
You are not the losing kind, though you really could pretend
Never understood that ground - the cumulus you covet
Sticking to the future is preparing to descend
I am no friend of the family
I've got the light in my eye
And you can't raise me and plant me
Under a bandit sky
Pretty bird - pretty eyed
Pretty blue and pretty cried
Pretty moon - pretty sun
Pretty you, my pretty one
Pretty soon....pretty sigh....pretty good...bye
Running girl I wish you well - stalking over fire
Living in a ragged cell, riding with the crowd
I'll be up here in the stream - your open rolling flyer
If you want to catch me, resurrect me in a cloud
I am no friend of the family
I've got the shine in my eye
And I will ride to the ending
Under a bandit sky
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10. |
Loon on the Lake
04:36
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Haunted, frozen
The winter breeding blows in
The enemy is dozing
The missing wings are closing the garden
Swallow - icy
The wind is hollow, writhing inside this snow globe
Silent. Out in the pond though....
The ice has caught a solo!
Loon on the Lake says what she would convey to me
If all the pangs of nature were so connected by laughs
Lo - the operator laughs on your behalf
LAUGH!!!
Laughing, shrieking
This bird is laughing - seeking the point of all this silence
But didn't John say
That no bird is an island?
Loon on the Lake cries loudly
Could she fly away?
No - that would be too easy
She's trapped inside the lake
Water is made for freezing - it's not going to BREAK!!
Winter brings a funny feeling
(when does it break, when does it break?)
Alone time isn't unappealing
(Loon on the Lake, Loon on the Lake)
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11. |
Universal Crane
04:59
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I've been dreaming of a Universal Crane - it's braising my brain
Yeah I've been dreaming of a Universal Crane
It's braising my brain
In the morning when I'm laying in my bed
I can't think much at all with that crane in my head
I've been thinking up some newfangled ways of passing my days
Yeah I've been thinking up some newfangled ways of passing my days
See I've got nothing but my simple song
And I slide like a snake 'til the bread comes along
Universal Crane - standing in the garden!
Trying to the break apart again!
On a Universal Crane, I would fly to nowhere
The goal to go where the breeze is blowing.....
I'll bury the strain on a Universal Crane in the summertime
I'll bury the strain on a Universal Crane and I'm feeling fine
I'm feeling fine for rising early, and flowing down the drain
I'll merrily ride the Universal Crane
Merrily ride the Universal Crane!
I've been sinking in a slime a la mode - kissing that toad
Yeah I've been sinking in a slime a la mode - kissing that toad
Every sunset gets another rise
And I'm burnt to the bone - just look at my eyes!!
Universal Crane - it doesn't need a reason
The changing of a season
On a Universal Crane I would shine the rainbow
Might seem insane though - that's where I'm gliding!
I'll bury the strain on a Universal Crane in the summertime
I'll bury the strain on a Universal Crane and I'll really climb
I'll climb and climb beyond the furnace
And find another vein
I'll merrily ride the Universal Crane!!!
Merrily ride the Universal Crane!!!!!
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12. |
Flocking Reprise
02:07
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I waited for an answer - an answer never came
And as I sat and stared in my golden chair -
all the trees still looked the same
And the clouds still blurred the sunshine
And the rain un-wrote my name
But there were birds flocking
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13. |
The Word
02:53
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Bird is The Word - haven't you heard?
Everyone knows life is absurd
Bird is The Word, and it's getting me down
Oh oh oh
Bird is The Word - it comes and it goes
We live chemical lives in chemical clothes
Bird is The Word and I'm touching my nose
Oh oh oh
We carry the rocks and pox and knocks and hollyhock
They're sinking through the boat in you - we need to talk
If they bury the luck we'll ferry the load away
While they're blinking the eyes of Gods
They haven't a clue - but we know what to do
And they won't believe a word
They won't believe The Word
Bird is The Word
And we're reaching the end
You can wait for your train to come 'round the bend
But Bird is The Word - there's no need to pretend
Oh oh oh
They'll carry the bucks away
We'll sink in the eyes of Gods
They haven't a clue but we know what to do
And they won't believe a word
No they won't believe The Word!
Bird is The Word
And though it's easy to say
We spend most of our time living day after day
But Bird is The Word
So I'm flying away
Oh oh oh
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Bryan Scary Los Angeles, California
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