Jim Cain Lyrics - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan

I started out in search of ordinary things 

How much of a tree bends in the wind 

I started telling the story without knowing the end 

I used to be darker, then I got lighter, then I got dark again 

Something too big to be seen was passing over and over me 

Well it seemed like the routine case at first 

With the death of the shadow came a lightness of verse 

But the darkest of nights, in truth, still dazzles 

And I woke myself until I'm frazzled 

I ended up in search of ordinary things 

Like how can a wave possibly be? 

I started running, and the concrete turned to sand 

I started running, and things didn't pan out as planned 

In case things go poorly and I not return 

Remember the good things I've done 

In case things go poorly and I not return 

Remember the good things I've done 

Done me in