Song For Sparrow

Open the Window And let the Bird fly in
This makeshift morning, a miracle awaits.
I love the words you said, the one about the friend,
Was it Rumi, or Patti Smith, or Yeats?

It hurts too much to laugh and I'm too old to cry
Your heart was taken, I ran away with sleep.
No gloomy lectures, no dazzling goodbyes
And in the morning, I pray the bird to keep!

Cruel world, where is your memory
Your kindly vision, some brave new melody
Encouraging our lonely mission?

In my neighborhood, I have to keep it real
No confrontations, old faded friendships gone.
Your stony silence reminds me how to feel!
You don't come over, but wind up in this song.

Cruel world, where is your memory
Your kindly vision, some brave new melody
Encouraging our lonely mission?

Open the window and hear the sparrow sing
No guitar solo, you quit while you're ahead.
This broken morning, this opportunity
I could be crying, but sang this song instead.

Cruel world, where is your memory
Your kindly vision, some brave new melody
Encouraging our lonely mission?
Cruel world, where is your memory
Your kindly vision, some brave new melody
Encouraging our lonely mission?

Open the window and let the bird fly in

And now we're ending, I know how to begin.