VERSE I

I don’t think the way I used to
I thought I was too far

There’s a dunnock in my garden
She never leaves the ground
Newborns make it hard to fly south
The winter; it kills her
Been here too many weeks
Chilled shut her beak so she can’t sing
“Hey little bird, take your time…
We’ll sing for you until you can again!”

I don’t think the way I used to
‘Cause now I think for You

Oo (oo)

VERSE II

I don’t see the way I used to
I looked for love in Hell

It breaks my heart going in for the night
Leaving her all alone
But hope each morning leads me out the door
With You all is unfair
When will we learn?
Death can be life if we let go
A nest for her son
can be built with fallen leaves
And a book to raise him up
is written with her plucked quill
“Hey little bird, life’s in the flock
And the flock is what you make it!”

I don’t see the way I used to
‘Cause now I look to You

Oh (oh)

BRIDGE

I don’t live the way I used to
I don’t feel the way I used to
I don’t smile the way I used to
I don’t pray the way I used to
This bird has helped You to change me
Now I don’t want to sing the way I used to

Bday Songs Vol. II

The Dunnock

VERSE I
I hope that when I’m fifty life still matters:
sportin’ smiles, set on sky.
This rough path before me has only been walked on
by faceless brothers and a faceless model.

VERSE II
I’m seeking the highest significance
and it’s all I have to dream of it.
I know when it’s my time I’ll get to go through.
It all comes down to who knows who.

VERSE III
Your first sip of dirt on fire
burned your gut and stung your eyes.
But let it simmer and you’ll soon find
an aftertaste of glorious pride.
Count the cost of what’s inside.
Then kill the glimmer in your mind.
Love is stranger than currency:
it won’t seem much ‘til you’re with me.

CHORUS
“Lord, can I come in?”
How is the road weaved?
By the fabric of honor and the love I breathe.
It’s spun from the threads of a life well-spent
and of care well-meant.
“Lord, can I come in?”

A QUIET ESCAPIST

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