leave me alone is all that I say
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when I have nothing in me to give away
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a purple martin in her house, she hollers at me
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why be inhuman ? why be like me ?
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chorus:
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like so many robins, like so many doves
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like so many lovebirds with so many loves
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like the songs of the bobwhite
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without any words
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when we are inhuman we're one with the birds
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at six in the morning you rise from the pillow
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stand steaming above me; I slumber below
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I'm one with the blanket laying fragrant and loose
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you're one with a whipporwill,
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you're one with a goose
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chorus
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so tweet with me and widely spread
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your olive wings: embrace my head
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fly with me 'til we are dead
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and one with the birds
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like so many seagulls
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like so many hawks
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like so many thrushes
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and so many cocks
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a swallow will tell you without using
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misleading
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heartrending words
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when we are inhuman we're one with the birds
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"when we hide our feelings we may as well fly away"
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One With The Birds
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| Will Oldham |
