Three birds

THREE BIRDS (D A D G B E, capo 2)

 

Take me when my work is done. Until then leave me in the sun. Fill me up, drown my lungs. The battle is already won.

Take a break while I press on. I’ll return before I’m gone. Lie on your back and act like lawn.

And I heard three birds in the morning. Green and red. Red and blue. They were calling.

 

Cut the thread, I’m ready now. The world returns as I fall down. Feel the thud and hear the sound. Don’t tell me just show me how.

Until my reflection fades. Until my body melts away. Like ice cream on a summer’s day.

And three cars rolled past my window. One was red. One was blue. One was yellow.

 

Empty handed, chopping something down. Bare foot over broken ground. When I looked up, a rainbow glowing in the night. I saw three birds flying through an empty sky.

And three stars. Three eggs. Three teeth and three legs.

Three sharks. I heard three cars and three birds.

Three cars and three birds.