A crowd of birds

It's easy sometimes when you just coast along But like it or not something always seems to go wrong Sometimes people build you up just so they can knock you down Sometimes they will have you there 'cause they need someone around Perhaps you'll receive invitations for tea Perhaps you'll laugh and make them all smile Or maybe you'll join them 'cause it had to be Perhaps you'll forget you forgot for awhile Birds of a feather are flocking outside Like whippets they dance in a curly-queue dance Of pulses and ringing and campfire chants Of ritual drumming although at first glance You thought you could run but you won't take a chance It's not an experience if they can't bring someone along They hang on emotions they bottle inside They peck at the ground And strut out of stride

Let's think of a number And I'll try to guess your name Let's drink to the future I hope it comes 'round again Right now, people are dancing while the world slips away There's no time for love and romancing And there's nothing more to say, hey, hey There's nothing more to say Last night, I was talking to the shadows on the wall Outside, under the moonlight, I never felt so stoned 'Cause you, you were my hero, and you left and took your bow So let's head into tomorrow, we gotta get out of the now, how, how? Forgive my indecision, I don't know what I should do I need time to think 'cause it's such a cruel world The girl on the television, she got a magic eye on you She'll sell you a dream, she's trying to fool the world So let it all fall, all fall down The truth won't hurt nobody Why are we still playing and pretend? Don't ever tell me that you love me 'Cause this might be the end Forgive my indecision, I don't know what I should do I need time to think 'cause it's such a cruel world The girl on the television, she got a magic eye on you She'll sell you a dream, she's trying to fool the world So let it all fall, all fall down Let's think of a number And I'll try to guess your name Let's drink to the future I hope it comes 'round again-ain-ain I hope it comes 'round again I hope it comes 'round again I hope it comes 'round again I hope it comes 'round again