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20061122 - Birds In The Sea

from The Song Diary I by Paleo

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BIRDS IN THE SEA
(owl sounds by Ashleigh Beyer)


Of all the birds in the sea,
why would you choose me?
All the dirt in the ground.
Move my grave from town to town.
Take my word; take my stand.
Know the lay of my land.
Take my heart with both hands,
before the sands run out of sand.


Hear my voice.
Hear my voice.
Hear my voice.


Of all those stranded by the sea,
why'd the bottle stop on me?
Make my treehouse in the rose.
Stuck in the mud our ruddy rope.
Honest abes of Illinois.
Seven days, another boy.


Hear my voice.


All your insects boil the sky.
Your stray violence spoils the night.
These are your friends; they're not mine.
God, your darkness rots your light.


You don't want me to have to come in there.
I have asked you nicely two times.
Do you expect me to read your god damn mind?
You're god. damn. right.


Of all the birds in the sea,
why would you choose me?




DAS - Brooklyn, New York, USA

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from The Song Diary I, released April 15, 2007

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