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Through the charred black winter trees
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I hear their voices sing to me.
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Fearsome black birds crying high,
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But there'll be no warning when I die.
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Some lonesome sparrow saying don't you know
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that you're gone forever when you go
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Oh, and i hear them calling
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Through my window every morning
BC#m
Your life dear boy means nothing
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Say the birds, The birds, the birds
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Then by the willow I did see
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A swarm of buzzing honey bees
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'Good morning honey bees' I cried
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But to me they offered no reply
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And that fearsome black bird answered instead
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'Boy there's now a price put on your head'
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Oh, and I hear 'em them calling
BC#m
From my window every morning
BC#m
'Your life, dear boy, means nothing'
G#mG#
Say the birds, the birds, the birds.
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No use hiding in the water.
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No use hiding in the square.
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Know those eyes are looking for you everywhere.
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Well you'll be glad my love to hear,
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One morning they did all disappear.
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Tired of all the summer rain,
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they made their nest inside my brain.
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But don't worry darling, pay it no mind
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true friends like these are hard to find.
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Now I no longer hear 'em calling
BC#m
From my window every morning
BC#m
And my life, at last means something
G#mG#
Say the birds, the birds, the birds.
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