The Birds Lyrics - Mississippi Mass Choir

In a small town in Georgia, a man met a little 

boy with a cage of birds in his hand. He said, 

"Son, what you have there?" He said, "I have 

a cage full of wild birds". The man said, "well 

what are you gonna do with them, son?" He 

said, "oh, I'm just gonna take them and I'm 

gonna play with them, and I'm gonna tease 

them, and I'm gonna taken them in the 

woods and kill every one of them". 

The man's heart was touched with 

compassion. He said, "What you 

take for them, son?" 

"Mister, they ain't no good." 

"I didn't ask you that. I asked you 

what would you take for them?" 

"Mister, they just a cage of wild birds." 

"What's your price, son?" 

And the little boy thought he'd 

make a killing. 

He said, "Alright, mister. If you 

want them then the price is high. 

They're gonna cost you a dollar a 

piece." 

The man said, "You got a deal." 

So he paid it and carried the birds 

on the outskirts of town on a little 

hill. And he opened the door to the 

cage and said, "Little birdies, I 

paid the price. You're free." But 

the birds had been in the cage 

so long, and the door was wide 

open. They wouldn't come out. 

So he took his hand and put it in 

the cage. And the birds would 

fly on his hand and he would 

bring them to safety. And he'd 

hold them up and say, "Little 

birdies, you're free because I paid the price." 

Picture with me nearly 

2000 years ago, Satan met 

Jesus. And Jesus asked 

Satan, "Satan, what do you 

have there?" 

Satan said, "I got a world 

full of sinners." 

"What you gonna do 

with them?" 

"Oh, I'm just gonna 

play with them, I'm gonna 

tease them, fill them full 

of the world, and I'm gonna kill them." 

Jesus' heart was touched 

with love and compassion. 

"What you take for them, Satan?" 

He said, "Oh, they ain't 

no good. You got a lot 

of liars, adulterers, people 

that's perverted, whore 

mongorers. They no good, I tell ya. " 

"What's your price?" 

He said, "Alright. If you 

want them then the 

price is gonna be high. It's 

gonna take your sweat, it's 

gonna take you giving up 

your omnipresence. It's 

gonna take your very life." 

"You made a deal, Satan." 

Nearly 2000 years ago, 

He took his cross on the 

outskirts of Jerusalem 

on a hill called Mount 

Calvary. He said to you 

and to me, 

"I paid the price. I was 

wounded in my head 

for your evil thoughts. 

Wounded in my hands 

for your evil touch. 

Wounded in my feet for 

your evil walk. Wounded 

in my side for that 

inordinate affection 

toward lust. Bled in my 

mouth for your evil talk." 

He says to you 

and to me, "I paid the price."