Red Red Bird

Oh my darling
Sometimes you feel so far away
I've got the stumble of an infant child
The embrace of a man of clay
And you work to find sweet water
A place where you can pray
Oh my darling sometimes
You feel so far way

My heart is a red, red bird
Soars above the dust and the dirt
Sings a song that you've never heard
My heart is a red, red bird

There's nothing we can count on
To face the rising flood
Best we get might be to hold each other
Slip together in the mud
And you taste the racing waters
Feel the cooling on the blood
There's nothing we can count on
To face the rising flood

My heart is a red, red bird
Soars above the dust and the dirt
Sings a song that you've never heard
My heart is a red, red bird

There's nothing in the world
Can put the leaf back on the tree
Or color the ghost
The outline of those who hover just out of reach
Or teach us how to find
This better hour that we seek
There's nothing in the world
Can put the leaf back on the tree

My heart is a red, red bird
Soars above the dust and the dirt
Sings a song that you've never heard
My heart is a red, red bird

Let your heart be a red, red bird
Let it soar above the dust and the dirt
And sing a song that you've never heard
Let your heart be a red, red bird
Oh let your heart be a red, red bird
Let your heart be a red, red bird