Strange Bird Lyrics - Jimmy Buffett

Strange Bird 

By: Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver 

1989 

Half fast and seldom seen 

He don't blip the radar screen 

On the deck below the dune 

Under the commander's moon 

Strange bird from a different nest 

Flying low not like all of the rest 

God only knows where the strange bird goes when he's flying 

Everybody's trying to find him 

But they don't know where to start 

The ornithologist lady says that he has wings on his heart 

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Chorus: 

Strange bird from a different nest 

Flying low not like all of the rest 

If you can't catch him you can't name him 

If you can't see him you can't claim him 

Stay on the ground or he will shoot you down 

Wings on his heart, he's a strange bird 

Frequent flyer, seldom seen 

High above the Caribbean 

In my day I've met a few but he's the strangest bird that's true 

Chorus: 

Strange bird from a different nest 

Flying low not like all of the rest 

If you can't catch him you can't name him 

If you can't see him you can't claim him 

Stay on the ground or he will shoot you down 

Wings on his heart, he's a strange bird 

Photos 

But he's in love with the lady of the waters 

And she lives somewhere up around Cheauxvan 

He's gonna circle high above her runway of love 

Until she gives him her permission to land 

Chorus: 

Strange bird from a different nest 

Flying low not like all of the rest 

If you can't catch him you can't name him 

If you can't see him you can't claim him 

Stay on the ground or he will shoot you down 

Wings on his heart, he's a strange bird 

Watch out girl, he's a strange bird 

Strange bird flying low 

'Cross the Gulf of Mexico 

Strange bird not like all the rest 

Watch out girl he's a strange bird 

Shoot you down, he's a strange bird 

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a strange bird