poor blind birds

we live in a world we can't understand

poor blind birds

if we're anything

and the world is not what it seems

to poor blind birds

we were laughed out of eden

in the wake of our first mistake

and no one knew where the road was leading

we spent our days running from maze to maze

we live in a world we can't understand

ooh

poor blind birds

if we're anything

and the world is not what it seems

ooh

to poor blind birds

since you've been dead these seven years

i've seen you twice in a glass of red brandy and ice

as the sky filled with golden spears

and hung a wreath in the house of grief

we live in a world we can't understand

ooh

poor blind birds

if we're anything

and the end is not the end

ooh

for poor blind birds

so

i'm leaving on the bus tonight

through the snow of shenandoah

in this long dream of life

it's a lonely road that leads us home

we live in a world we can't understand

ooh

poor blind birds

if we're anything

and the world is not what it seems

ooh

to poor blind birds

we live in a world we can't understand

ooh

poor blind birds

if we're anything

and the end is not the end

ooh

for poor blind birds