Birds

Song Birds
Artist The Meters
Album Cabbage Alley

Lyrics

[00:16.39] She was waitin` at the station
[00:20.63] he was gettin` off the train
[00:25.63] he didn\'t have a ticket so he had to bum through the barriors, again.
[00:30.76]
[00:33.53] well the ticket inspector saw him rushin` through
[00:37.37] he said, girl you don\'t know how much i missed you
[00:41.22] but
[00:42.78] we better run
[00:44.66] cause i havent got the funds to pay this
[00:51.20] fine
[00:53.39] she said
[00:55.52] fine
[00:57.07]
[00:57.80] so they ran out of the station
[01:00.81] and jumped onto a bus with
[01:02.10] two of yesterdays travel cards
[01:04.22] and two bottles of bud
[01:06.04] and he said you look well nice.
[01:08.27]
[01:14.22] well she was wearin a skirt
[01:16.91] and he thought she looked nice and
[01:18.60] yeah she didn\'t really care about
[01:20.85] anything else because she only
[01:23.32] wanted him to think that she looked nice
[01:25.79] and he did
[01:28.29]
[01:31.35] but he was lookin\' at her yeah
[01:33.37] all funny in the eye
[01:34.83] she said c`mon boy
[01:36.42] tell me what you\'re thinkin` now
[01:38.44] dont be shy
[01:39.76]
[01:41.29] he said alright i\'ll try
[01:45.64]
[01:47.57] well the stars up in the sky
[01:49.75] and the leaves in the tree
[01:51.88] all the broken bits that make you trip up and the grassy bits inbetween
[01:56.30] all the matter in the world
[01:59.85] is how much that i like you
[02:03.85]
[02:04.48] she said what?
[02:08.08] he said let me try and explain again
[02:12.63]
[02:22.24] right birds can fly so high
[02:23.17] and they can shit on your head
[02:24.60] yeah they can almost fly into your eye
[02:26.97] and make you feel so scared
[02:28.57] but when you look at them
[02:30.76] and you see that they are beautiful
[02:33.21]
[02:33.92] thats how i feel about you
[02:37.04]
[02:37.51] right birds can fly so high
[02:39.42] and they can shit on your head
[02:40.98] yeah they can almost fly into your eye
[02:43.15] and make you feel well scared
[02:45.48] but when you look at them
[02:48.08] and you see that they are beautiful
[02:49.84]
[02:50.41] thats how i feel about you
[02:54.08] yeah thats how i feel about you
[02:59.71]
[03:01.76] she said what?
[03:05.92] he said you
[03:09.73] she said what are you talking about?
[03:15.51] he said you
[03:17.87]
[03:18.91] right birds can fly so high
[03:20.59] and they can shit on your head
[03:22.38] yeah they can almost fly into your eye
[03:24.76] and make you feel so scared
[03:26.40] but when you look at them
[03:28.75] and you see that they are beautiful
[03:31.27] thats how i feel about you
[03:34.64]
[03:35.34] right birds can fly so high
[03:36.97] and they can shit on your head
[03:39.26] yeah they can almost fly into your eye
[03:41.64] and make you feel well scared
[03:43.19] but when you look at them
[03:45.17] and you see that they are beautiful
[03:47.84] thats how i feel about you
[03:51.43]
[03:52.02] and thats how i feel about you
[03:59.13]
[03:59.78] she said thanks i like you too
[04:08.04] he said cool
[04:11.29]