Come Home Pretty Bird - Emily Smith

William wakes with his clothes on The morning call has been and gone And he might not make the flight But he will try, yeah Bit by bit, it comes back to him A bunch of Belgian businessmen And a strange drinking game Oh, God, why? Come home, Billy Bird International business traveler Come home, Billy Bird He hails a cab but the driver sucks He drives so slowly, and he talks so much That it hurts Billy Bird's aching brain, yeah He runs from the cab to the check-in desk She says "no way," but William begs On his knees, "please, please, please" "Well, okay" Come home, Billy Bird International business traveler Come home, Billy Bird Drenched in sweat he finds his seat And with the luggage squeezed down beneath his feet He begins to think that things can't get no worse (can't get no worse) But then a voice says, "Bags that can't be stowed In the overhead lockers must go below In the hold, please let go, thank you, sir" Come home, Billy Bird International business traveler Come home, Billy Bird Come home, William, come home He runs on past the carousel Screaming, "Damn my luggage all to hell I can buy a new shirt and tie any day" He rides from the airport into town To the high school football ground Where his son has just begun his big football game Come home, Billy Bird International business traveler Come home, Billy Bird Come home, Billy Bird (come home, William) International business traveler (come home, William) Come home, Billy Bird (come home) Come home, Billy Bird (come home, William) International business traveler Come home, Billy Bird (come home, come home) Come home, Billy Bird (come home to where you once belonged) International business traveler (come home) Come home, Billy Bird (come home) Come home, Billy Bird International business traveler

I was striking suave, ambitious Feet to beak, so birdylicious Now I'm vial, I am villain, and vicious, oh and malicious I was tall, a tv show, women too I was just whole, over 1 foot 2 Then the got a pretty parakeet to fill my shoes That's why I am so evil why I do what I do He was superstar So young and vital He nasty A South-American Idol He's a suspicious bird Who sad that about me A very vicious bird I'll have you rotisseried I was the king of telling novellas The envy of all the other fellows Then I was pushed out for a Pretty Polly parakeet From Paraguay they called Patricious Common Paraguayan name He's a nasty bird I'm insidious He's nasty Oh I'm hideous He was hypercool I'm a cockatoo An obscene bird Yeah that word's true I'm a feathery freak With a beak A bird murderer You think you're better than me I never heard of ya I'm evil I fill your cheese ball with weavils I poop on people And I blame on the seagulls It was him He's a nasty bird I'm invincible He's nasty I'm unminceable I'm unwashable Unrinceaple Like an abandoned school I have no principal All of you Brazilian birds All 18 million birds I'll tell you what I'm going to do I'm going to make you Shut up now, shut up It's just me I will make you ugly too Ha ha ha Did you hear how dramatic that was With the end

Don't fold But I wish you were home Hold on Don't check your phone It's just ticking and ticking time I'm awaiting to hold you next to my side I've been waiting all day and a couple nights I've been waiting but it still ain't right But when you coming back? I can't keep losing track My mind is going mad (Mind is going mad) What's holding you back? (What's holding you back, back, back, back) I ain't got these racks (Ain't got these racks) But it's you and I You and I We gonna go get this bag Don't fold But I wish you were home Hold on Don't check your phone

Well, hello, world Hope you're listening Forgive me if I'm young For speaking out of turn There's someone I've been missing I think that they could be The better half of me They're in the wrong place Tryin' to make it right But I'm tired of justifying So I say to you Come home, come home 'Cause I've been waiting for you For so long, for so long And right now there's a war between the vanities But all I see is you and me And the fight for you is all I've ever known So come home Ooh I get lost in the beauty Of everything I see The world ain't half as bad As they paint it to be If all the sons, all the daughters Stopped to take it in Well, hopefully, the hate subsides And the love can begin It might start now, yeah Well, maybe I'm just dreaming out loud Well, until then Come home, come home 'Cause I've been waiting for you For so long, for so long And right now there's a war between the vanities But all I see is you and me And the fight for you is all I've ever known, ever known So come home Ooh Everything I can't be Is everything you should be And that's why I need you here Everything I can't be Is everything you should be And that's why I need you here So hear this now Come home, come home 'Cause I've been waiting for you For so long, for so long And right now, there's a war between the vanities But all I see is you and me And the fight for you is all I've ever known, ever known So come home, come home Ooh

Where did your fate go? Was I just to fall on my own? If this room was full of lies Is that how you fooled me with love? I see how you changed me, I know what you said It don't make me hate you, I wish that it did I'm, I'm trying to find words, trying to make sense If I don't try, where do I find the lies between the lines? Why does it hurt so much? Won't understand, no, I can't let this go Oh, you made plans now, you can't shut me down Ah, you're advanced, but you can't tell them now No, you can't tell them how You face the pain while your days are numbered You took the highway, you've done it always You hurt this woman, you put your needs first And I've heard this many times in my head, but it still remains That you had all of this Oh-oh, you still search for bad Oh, you fought all of this You don't even know how bad it got So much for you're my one and only You'd say that you were all mine You knew that your words were hard to stand by I was scared of change, but then I complied even though it hurt I stayed and now I'm glad you have it all But there's things that you can't buy Glad that you said sorry, but habits they die hard Why, you want to offer me love that you don't have? Loving you exhausted me, baby, and you charged, you charged I'll take the high road, I've done it always Our time is old, there's only one way You hurt this woman, you put your needs first It's played out many times in my head, but it still remains That you had all of this Oh-oh, you still search for bad Oh, you fought all of this You don't even know how bad it goes So much for you're my one and only (You had all of this) (Oh, you still search for bad) So much for you're my one and only (You fought all of this) (You don't even know how bad it got) So much for you're my one and only I'll wait, I'll wait for faster Only I quit I'll wait, I'll wait for faster I'm all for that I'll wait, I'll wait for faster Only I quit I'll wait, I'll wait for faster I'm all for that