Too Many Birds Lyrics - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan

Too many birds in one tree 

Too many birds in one tree 

And the sky is full of black and screaming leaves 

The sky is full of black and screaming 

And one more bird 

Then one more bird 

And one last bird 

And another 

One last black bird without a place to land 

One last black bird without a place to be 

Turns around in hopes to find the place it last knew rest 

Oh black bird, over black rain burn 

This is not where you last knew rest 

You fly all night to sleep on stone 

The heartless rest that in the morn, we'll be gone 

You fly all night to sleep on stone, to return to the tree with too many birds 

Too many birds 

Too many birds 

If... 

If you... 

If you could... 

If you could only... 

If you could only stop... 

If you could only stop your... 

If you could only stop your heart... 

If you could only stop your heart beat... 

If you could only stop your heart beat for... 

If you could only stop your heart beat for one heart... 

If you could only stop your heart beat for one heart beat.