Lyrics
Why did I think the sparrow that flew
Past my window this morning was you?
Why did I think the catbird on the vine
Was you ringing my line?
Will I figure out these butterflies that wake me in the night?
Why do I pine? Why am I pining?
I got me some real good timing
CHORUS:
The window struggles to hold all the birdies
This morning I got my banana and coffee
In the yard now is a flock of prancing turkeys
And I give my witness of this instance I was given to know
The mockingbird fools me in the spring
When he sings the song of the redwing
But he can't fool me very long
Soon he'll be a-switchin' up his song
Don't you ask him how it is
He'll tell you how it ain't!
Tell me, could I bring him a message to sing?
I keep thinking of more things to say
You've never been one to mince your words
Solid like limestone deep in the earth
So I'm breaking up with the part of myself
That's always ignored alarm bells
It's the least I can do, of things I recall
Without you, I'm feeling so small
Your love rises to me like fog in a field
But never, ever concealed