Meredith Edwards

The Bird Song

Meredith Edwards


There's a half dressed mama running through the front yard 
Waving a briefcase a hollerin' 
There's mailman stumbling to his truck 
With a dog on his leg that sure could use a collar and 
I know there's times that you 
Wish you had my point of view 

I can see two skin-kneed boys 
Down at the creek 
Smoking daddy's cigarette butts 
Down there's a man cussing me 
Cuz he just got his car all washed and waxed up 
But I ain't done nothing wrong 
I'm just a bird singing my song 

Looking down on the world below 
Here they come and there they go 
I'm a people watcher it's been a hobby of mine 
For quite some time 
And I might go out on a limb 
Just to get a better look at them 
Oh no, I'm a little too close 
I better fly away 

There's a See Rock City birdhouse 
Where I like to hang out but Johnny Shoots BBs 
And Mrs.Cole's got a cement bowl 
Where I'd love to take a bath 
But the cat might eat me 
So I'll just stay up here 
At least until the coast is clear 

Chorus 

Oh Yeah 

There's a millions stories that I could tell 
But some of them I keep to myself 
Just remember whatever you do 
Somebody looking over you, yeah 

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Chorus 

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