cd: bLuE bElLy sKy
sOnG: stArinG aT a BirD
Lyrics by Brad Olsen
©1995 Bird Belly Music
[note]
The chords in the verses are palm-muted power chords.

[intro]

B5(slide to)C5 G5 D5 C5

[this is also played in other parts of the song]

C G D C
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[verse 1]
C G
I'm here staring at a bird in a tree

D C
Lying still, only wishing he were me

C
'Cause for a bird it's not a crime

G D
To try and satisfy his bird belly hunger

C
Or fly the blue belly sky

C
And from his bird's eye view

G
He can pick and he can choose

D
He doesn't have to grieve his spirit

C C
No he doesn't have to lose a moment's joy there in his nest

G D
No matter what his mess, and he can barrel out his chest

C D
And he can fly away...

[chorus]
C G
But I'm pinned down in my bed again

C D
I don't think I could fly (I wouldn't try)

C G
If I was a bird I would be content

Em D
To peck along the ground

C
'Cause I'm pinned down again...

[play intro]
[verse 2]
I'm here staring at a bird on a limb
Lying still, only wishing I was him
'Cause I could use a haven,
A nest above my fate
Call it a rest from the chasing of me pillow and my plate

And for a bird it's always right to love his appetite
He's too dumb to know the struggle, to weak to know the fight
He can fly south when he gets cold, sing until he's old
And on a whim, he can unfold his wings
And fly away

[play chorus]
[play intro]

[verse 3]
I'm here staring at a bird in the air
I wonder what I'd see if I looked down from there
I'd see a shattered temple, all it's members in a sweat
Everyone's been degraded, every sermon they forget

I'd see a man pulled from his bed by the same Hands of Love
That hung a cross around his neck
Just to remind him, remind him who he was...

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[play chorus]