Bird Of The Summer Lyrics - Bomb In A Birdcage - A Fine Frenzy

You came with the season as the first swallow sang 

A brown headed stranger with a five letter name 

We planted our kisses where the wild berries grow 

My feet sprouted wings and I flew all the way home 

My cheeks red like fire engines racing 

Straight to the heat of your skin 

I know our days are numbered early bird of the summer 

You'll fly south just as the fall begins 

The leaves changed their color and the schoolyards were filled 

My coat with the patches barely keeps out the chill 

You sent me a postcard from a town out of state 

I wish it were warmer and I hope you're the same 

The fields where we wandered were golden 

Now only muddy my boots 

Now I know I should recover, you're a bird of the summer 

I was wrong to try and capture you 

Flight, flight 

I met someone walking in a park by the lake 

He don't fly like we do, but he don't fly away 

Gone is the pale hand of winter 

Here is the first flush of May 

And soon I will discover whether birds of the summer 

Fly in circles or just fly away