I Saw A Bird Fly Away

Dar Williams

I asked the habitual party goer just how high she thought she'd get,

And I asked the ethereal girls if they were floating yet



And so I asked the light of the day, what's this rush for heaven,

Then I saw a bird fly away, and I could not ask again.



The tabloid tainted actress knows the myth of higher ground.

The thing she got from playing a nun she got from sleeping around.



And so I asked the light of the day, what's this rush for heaven,

Then I saw a bird fly away, and I could not ask again.



And I've been running uphill, panting, punching at the air,

Fighting what's been pushing me down, as if it's really there.



And so I asked the light of the day, what's this rush for heaven,

Then I saw a bird fly away, and I could not ask again.



And I saw all this climbing, climbing, just as far from heaven,

Then I saw a bird fly away, and I started climbing again.