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Bird's Eye View - FREE DOWNLOAD

by Amy Kuney

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1.
Verse 1: Simple things We take pleasure in the simple things We take pride in little victories And we wear our simple crowns Oh, tugs of war, we battle ships and thunderstorms And naked is our uniform It’s our simple hand-me-down Chorus: It’s a beautiful morning Beautiful morning Dressed up in summer and tied with a bow Let’s be courageous and face tiny dangers Let’s climb those fences With signs that say “don’t” Beautiful man I’m a beautiful woman Find simple pleasures wherever we go It’s the simple things That make us feel at home Verse 2: For a simple view We’ll sleep up on your daddy’s roof Cuz our sleeping bags are waterproof And they leave static in our hair For poor Heaven’s sake The sky is tired of being scraped (And) pigeons crowd the fire escapes There is traffic in the air Bridge: We get high on simple things and We take flight on dips and swings We fly… Verse 3: Aren’t you tired of being prisoner of your desires? There is life beyond the razor wire That you’ve strung around your mind When you complicate the simple pleasures it’s too late Cuz you’ll know better than to take pleasure in the simple Things in life…
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Verse 1: You’ve marched To your pomp and your circumstance Bravely You’re starched you’re a formal affair and I Can’t breathe You’re smart you know all those big words And their meanings But you aren’t very good at remembering Small things Verse 2: You say that you love me but I ask you How much So you spread your arms wide till behind you Your thumbs touch And you hold that position as I add it all up Oh, in cold hard mathematical terms you’re In love Chorus: So hold me, don’t think too hard about it Would common sense allow it? You wait too long and you’ll lose me Just do it when you get the urging Oh its not rocket surgery When you know you love someone it’s easy Verse 3: Your book heavy head is so weighted with Deep thoughts As you lay in my lap and we struggle with Small talk Try writing it down but you trip on Writer's block So we just “hmmm mmm mmm” On and on and on and on Bridge: We’re a pair you’re smart, I’m romantic Kiss like you care, your mouth is mechanical Words are air, over my head they blow So blink once if you like it And blink twice if you don’t Three times, if you love it And then just keep them closed (Bridge) (Chorus X2)
3.
Verse 1: I prayed I prayed on my knees On my knees… Oh I prayed all night My chin upon my chest I prayed for a light To help me get through this And in the morning Outside my window I see I wasn’t alone, Help was on her way to me Chorus: There’s an angel tangled in the telephone lines The telephone lines, the telephone lines Would you say you built our city too high? Our city too high, is sitting too high… Verse 2: Hear sirens crying We called the fire chief And all his firemen Came to cut the angel free And she will bless them They bow their heavy heads This is as close to heaven That they will ever get Bridge: We can’t be too sure According to the chief Why our ropes are too short Our ladders won't reach
4.
Verse 1: Monday, Monday dreaming oh, it always ends the same You ache for Saturday but you can’t reach If I found you lonesome for someone you’ve never met You haven’t found her yet would that be me? Chorus 1: Would you miss me today if I met you tomorrow? If I met you tomorrow? Would you miss me? Verse 2: You’re homesick for a place you’ve never been- I’ll take you there; yes I will take you there in stranger’s skin Oh, the road that leads to “morrow” limitless and wide So keep an open mind and let me in Chorus 2: Would you miss me today if I met you tomorrow? If I met you tomorrow? Would you miss me? Would you know that you need me before I said hello? Hello? If I met you tomorrow, would you miss me? Bridge: Wait for it, Wait for it, Wait for it, you’ll be glad you did Verse 3: I know you kiss the back of your hand like it was my face You hold your pillow like my waist; just put me in their place
5.
Verse 1: A taste, can last me miles I know you waste your eager smiles On perfect strangers on the street It doesn’t bother me; it doesn’t bother me Verse 2: Because I know they’ll never see The things you show only to me And I and only I reserve the right To say things like thank you for last night Ohh oh yea… Verse 3: We woke up with the morning news Some girls would kill to wear my shoes And they can try to fit my size But these shoes are mine and only I Can thank you for last night Ohh oh yea… Bridge: Oh, and my words always fall short This is too big to use them for When I say “thank you” I mean so much more Thank you for last night Ohh oh yea Verse 3: We made slow motion love We had to race to catch back up And there’s no way to say this right But I just in all politeness want to Thank you, thank you, thank you Thank you for last night
6.
Verse 1: A third party at a table for two I’m sorry I don’t mean to intrude But it was me and you before you met her And all the love songs you wrote for me (You) stuck her name where mine used to be But my name in them fit the rhythm better Prechorus: I’d go if you had a ride And I’d smoke if you had a light And I fall every time for this Chorus: And love is trippy like that Sometimes you think that you’ve got it Nobody’s gonna trip you Outta this one baby But love will slip through your hands You never know how to hold it Control it you’re gripping It’s tripping you up Verse 2: Says the woman who sings at the bar This is for you, you know who you are I was you once, looking for someone I never found… She paints in a low smoky voice Pictures of bruises, bad days and boys And how they stood her up just to let her down Prechorus: She’d win if you were the prize (She) gives in to all of your lies She falls every time for this…(Chorus) Verse 3: For all of the girls who feel like they’re overdressed Undersexed, starving for yesses or maybes Tired of always being ignored He might see the available chair Beside me, the invitation is there But I’m not the kind of scratch he’s itching for… Prechorus: I’d go if you had a ride I’d smoke if you had a light I fall every time for this
7.
Verse 1: You try, you try, you strive You aim to please But nobody cares, nobody sees I have a taste for talent wasted Oh, waste it on me, waste it on me Chorus: Bury your shovel by the door Nail your hammer to the floor This job is for a gentle hand You have so much love to give And I am here to welcome it As long as you’ve got time to spend And I'll be the kind of work… That appreciates your hands Verse 2: You’re a hero gone to waste Untouched, unused (But) I’ve never been This beautifully rescued Medals on your chest, no one salutes I am in debt; I don’t deserve you
8.
Time Machine 02:56
Verse 1: Look, I’ve built a time machine To take us back to when Your perfect word was “please” And mine was always “yes” Verse 2: Grown-ups and “no no” words They spelled over our heads We’ll go back with all we’ve learned And translate what they said Bridge: We’ll fast forward a year or so We can’t wait here we have to know Will we still be each other’s or alone? Verse 3: So on the count of three A year from now tonight We'll both turn in bed to see Who could be sleeping on the other side
9.
Under My Bed 05:53
Verse 1: Come to my window, my house is asleep I’ll leave a light on for you The chain-linked fence slaps against the wind’s cheek Breaking the silent curfew Chorus 1: Through cupped hands, we make plans So they won’t take us away Though harm sleeps, our instincts Are fighting to keep us awake Come and live under my bed Verse 2: (My) closet is where all the wild things hide When I’m alone they take charge But your flashlight’s a gun Yellow bullets of light Battles my fear of the dark Chorus 2: Through cupped hands, we make plans So they won’t take us away Though harm sleeps our instincts Are fighting to keep us awake Come and live under my bed It’s what I’ve always wanted Verse 3: Wake ups are hiccups I have in my dreams I hold my breath till I’m blue Though pins and needles my put me to sleep I’ll never lose feeling for you Chorus 3: Through cupped hands, we make plans So they won’t take us away Though harm sleeps our instincts Are fighting to keep us awake Come and live under my bed It’s what I’ve always wanted Don’t tell anybody especially grown-ups 'Cause grown-ups would not understand So come and live under my bed
10.
Verse 1: Birds are cattle of the sky They graze on heaven’s lawn A mile high They have their heads in the clouds Why bother bringing them down? Why oh why? Chorus: Oh I've seen everything new From a bird’s eye view From the clouds Now that I know all that I’ve missed Gonna make it harder to live On the ground Verse 2: The world is their nest And the sun is their call And like a sleeper’s chest It rises and falls Oh to be…be so easily moved A worm is a wet dream From a bird’s eye view Verse 3: Birds are cattle of the sky, They graze on heaven’s lawn A mile high… (Chorus)

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