Birdie Lyrics - Father John Misty

Take off, little winged creature 

It's nothing but teens in ravines 

And antics on concrete down here 

And are you really as free as all the great songs would have me believe? 

Let me tell you why some day, Birdie, you're gonna envy me 

Some dream of a world written in lines of code 

Well, I hope they engineer out politics, romance, and edifice 

Two outta three ain't bad 

Some envision a state governed by laws of business 

Merger and acquisition instead of violence or nations 

Where do I sign up? 

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Take off, little winged creature 

It's nothing but falling debris, strollers, and babies down here 

And you may be up in the sky but our paradigms are just as deep and just as wide 

What with all our best attempts at transcendence 

Something's bound to take 

Soon, we'll live in a global culture devoid of gender or race 

There's just one tiny line: 

You're either born behind 

Or you're free to peek inside 

Photos 

Life as just narrative, metadata in aggregate 

Where the enigma of humanity's wrapped up finally 

That as they say is that 

Oh, that day can't come soon enough 

It'll be so glorious 

When they finally find out what's bugging us