There's a dead bird in my yard. What do I do with it?
You remember when he sang. Are you OK with this?
You're sunshine every day, but the crops are parched.
Your cup is always full, I just wish it was scotch.
What good is a smile when the room is dark?
Don't pour on the sugar when I'm craving tart.
There are dead birds in our town. What do we put on them?
Maybe we memorialize. Maybe we could draw them.
The flickers pulled their weight with hollow bones.
Old crow stole their eggs and wrecked their twiggy home.
Flickers got the lesson: Don't wish too hard.
The canary will tell you it's a big canard. There's a dead bird in my heart.
What good is a song when the world tunes out?
But don't give up your whistling. Don't give in to doubt.
Oh, dead bird of my dreams, won't you ever fly?
Maybe when I find some feelings, when I learn to cry.
This dead thing in my yard: What do I do?
from
"Straight To My Head" / "Dead Bird",
released January 14, 2014
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"Dead Bird" (Hall)
Arranged by Stanton Hall & Jack Saturn
Recorded at Recursive Delete Audio-Visual, Portland, Oregon, in 2013
Produced, Engineered, Mixed & Mastered by Jack Saturn
Stanton Hall - acoustic & electric guitars, lap steel guitar, bass guitar, sleigh bells, Hammond organ, Mellotron, lead vocals
Jack Saturn - drums, tambourine, electric guitar, harpsichord, piano, Mellotron, backing vocals
Katie Presley - trumpet
Strings performed by the Recursive Delete Chamber Ensemble, conducted by Jack Saturn
Thanks to Katherine for the first line.