I Saw A Bird Fly Away lyrics

Song information

Artist: Dar Williams
Album: The Beauty Of The Rain

Lyrics

I asked the habitual partygoer
Just how high she thought she'd get
And I asked the ethereal girls
If they were floating yet

And so I asked the light of the day
What's this rush for heaven
And I saw a bird fly away
And I could not ask again

The tabloid-tainted actress knows
The myth of higher ground
The thing she got from playing a nun
She got from sleeping around

And so I asked the light of the day
What's this rush for heaven
And I saw a bird fly away
And I could not ask again

He fell in the mud and
He became enlightened
I wonder who's laughin' now

And I've been running uphill
Panting, punching at the air
Fighting what's been pushing me down
Like I can see it there

And so I asked the light of the day
What's this rush for heaven
And I saw a bird fly away
And I could not ask again

And I saw all this climbing, climbing
Just as far from heaven
And I saw a bird fly away
And I started climbing again

Who's laughing now
He fell in the mud and
He became enlightened
I wonder...who's laughing now

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"The Beauty Of The Rain" album track list