Two small birds in a cage One feels trapped One feels safe One is happy just to be warm & dry One is crying out to spread her wings & fly Two small birds side by side Heard about another world outside One's content to never know One can't bear the mystery anymore Two small birds fell in love A long a time ago it was enough Now one is dying from despair One sits on his perch and doesn't care One is pleading with the other She knows there must be more And if they worked on it together They could pry open the door But he sits there like a statue Leaving well enough alone He can't see past the bars And the safety of his home Two small birds growing old The silence in the cage is dark and cold They used to sing and swing back & forth But there isn't much to sing about anymore