Seabirds Lyrics - Joan Baez

(Words and Music by Joan Baez) 

Don't worry about my politics 

They are what they are 

I work best when I get some rest 

Right now I'm in a bar 

Overlooking the whole wide world 

It's over the Pacific 

I've never written when I was drunk 

This could be terrific! 

And the seabird struggles in the wind 

She topples, balances again 

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The lady sitting next to me 

Is gazing in the eyes 

Of the stranger sitting next to her 

Who is mouthing truths and lies 

He's actually quite nice I guess 

He has an honest look 

He doesn't know I've lost my mind 

Scribbling in this book 

And the seabird struggles in the wind 

She topples, balances again 

Consumed by the evening's masterpiece 

Completely introverted 

From here I could stare down eternity 

leave alone and not feel deserted 

I'm tired of interesting faces 

And the dull ones make my weep 

Don't ask me what my sign is 

Instant intimacy runs cheap 

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The ocean is so bountiful 

It spreads from coast to coast 

The winds scale off the whitecaps 

And the things I love the most 

Come wafting up into my lap 

In the colors of the great sunrise 

Children holding cupcakes 

With paradise in their eyes 

And the seabird struggles in the wind 

She topples, balances again 

Four big pelicans just flew by 

The room got very still 

One of them carried the breath of God 

Tucked way back in his bill 

I know it was the breath of God 

It's the same as the secret of life 

He's carrying it off to the Shah of Iran 

To trade it for the end of strife 

And the seabird struggles in the wind 

She topples, balances again 

© 1976, 1977 Gabriel Earl Music (ASCAP)