The Bird That I Held In My Hand

T Bone Burnett

If you look out your window as the sun's goin' down


I'll be there by the side of the road


And I'll ride you away from the dirty ol' town


An ne'er again leave you alone


For you were the bird that I held in my hand


Til I learned to fly on my own


You're a garden in this god forsaken land


And the only true love I have known


The morning was frozen the sky was still dark


When I last laid eyes upon you


I know the ache you have known in your heart


And darling I have felt it too