City Bird Table - Sounds of the Trees

City bird, city bird Fly away from my window, my window 'Cause you don't sing Like the birds from home sing Your song is dying I set the table For the ghosts in my home, my home And pour the wine, and raise a glass For the guests in my home They're entering In their skin and in their bones, still in their bones The vision scares, but none compares To the dread of drinking alone After the tower's turned to a tomb The underworld refugees all were refused by the banker They could never go in So I let them in, oh... City bird, city bird Fly away from my window, my window 'Cause you don't sing Like the birds from home sing Your song is dying I light the candle For the ghosts in my home, my home And say a prayer to please send care For the guests in my home But in their sleep They claw and scream the devil home (The devil's come home) But that nightmare Does not compare to the demons in sleeping alone After the tower is turned to a tomb The underworld refugees all were refused by the banker And with nowhere to go They wash up on Skid Row, oh... City bird, city bird Fly away from my window, my window 'Cause you don't sing Like the birds from home sing Your song is dying

So I walk alone Down the darkest roads 'Cause I've always known How the story goes When the curtain falls I'll be wearing thin Clawing at the walls As they're closing in In this twisted plot I was destined for I'm an astronaut On the ocean floor So misunderstood 'Til the bloody end How I wish I could Do it all again It feels like I'm a lone survivor Forgotten in a dark and deadly world And on my own I walk alone To see the sun again, I'd give anything But life demands a final chapter A story that we all must leave behind It's do or die And this is mine The anthem of a bird With a broken wing It's another night Of the living dead Like a viper bite In a spiderweb It's so deathly dark In the alleyway And a bleeding heart Makes you easy prey I would run and hide For the afternoon With the butterfly In the panic room Though I won't be missed I would say it's time For a different twist In the story line It feels like I'm a lone survivor Forgotten in a dark and deadly world. And on my own I walk alone To see the sun again, I'd give anything But life demands a final chapter A story that we all must leave behind It's do or die And this is mine The anthem of a bird With a broken wing The anthem of a bird With a broken wing It feels like I'm a lone survivor Forgotten in a dark and deadly world And on my own I walk alone To see the sun again, I'd give anything But life demands a final chapter A story that we all must leave behind It's do or die And this is mine The anthem of a bird With a broken wing The anthem of a bird With a broken wing The anthem of a bird With a broken wing Tell the world I know That my mind is made It's a horror show But I'm not afraid Though I won't be missed I would say it's time For a different twist In the story line

If you're the bird Whenever we pretend it's summer Then I'm the worm I know the part, it's such a bummer But fair is fair If my segments get separated I'll scream And you'll be there Close your eyes (close my eyes) Slide the cotton off of your shoulder And feel the shine (feel the shine) I'm hooked so toss me over And cast the line (well, I'll try) I'll throw a party and greet my undersea friends (it depends) As they arrive (if they arrive) You and I left our troubles far behind (troubles far behind) But I still have just one more question on my mind For all my pals who live in the oceans and the seas With friends like these, well Who needs enemies? If I'm your boy Let's take a shortcut we remember And we'll enjoy Picking apples in late September like We've done for years Then we'll take a long walk Through the cornfield And I'll kiss you Between the ears If you're my girl Swirl me around your room with feeling And as we twirl The glow in the dark stars on your ceiling Will shine for us As love sweeps over the room 'Cause we tend to make Each other blush (you make me blush) You and I left our troubles far behind (troubles far behind) But I still have just one more question on my mind For all my pals who live in the oceans and the seas With fronds like these, well Who needs anemones? You're the bird, I'm the worm And it's plain to see That we were meant to be We were meant to be We were meant to be (If you're the bird) (If you're the bird) (Then I'm the worm) We were meant to be

Come gather round the mystery Of love in our broken history Where grace heals the fault lines in me Time and time again it welcomes me into a A house for the hungry A well for the thirsty Where all saints come together Shoulder to shoulder A welcome for the traveler New wine for the vineyard In all things God is able Love has a bigger table Show me who is my neighbor The Christ hidden in the beggar Cause love doesn't meet a stranger Love calls them friend And welcomes them into a A house for the hungry A well for the thirsty Where all saints come together Shoulder to shoulder A welcome for the traveler New wine for the vineyard In all things God is able Love has a bigger table There's an empty seat Waiting next to me We gotta make some room for each other Let my enemy Be my family Fill my cup til it's running over There's an empty seat Waiting next to me We gotta make some room for each other Let my enemy Be my family Fill my cup til it's running over A house for (a house for) the hungry (the hungry) And the thirsty (a well for the thirsty) All the broken saints (where all saints) go marchin' in (come together) Shoulder to shoulder (shoulder to shoulder) Oh, a welcome for the traveler New wine for the vineyard In all things God is able His love has a bigger table His love has a bigger table There's a place for you Oh (Love has a bigger table)