This Bird Lyrics - Sol-angel And The Hadley St. Dreams - Solange Knowles

Once in a time 

Where the girls feel like girls 

And the world is painted cotton candy (cotton candy) 

Where the sweet lemonade of McGregor street (sweet lemonade) 

Was the best damn thing of the summer breeze 

Your dad drives a foreign car (a foreign car) 

And your mama looks like a beauty queen 

Now the sour bitter taste (sour bitter taste) 

Of a colorless waste 

Seems to light up my nights somehow 

And the music I play must be 

Loud, loud, loud, loud 

Loud as can be 

So I don't have to hear myself think (no, no) 

So I don't to wake up from this dream (no, no) 

I don't wanna sing no single mama blues 

I'm not singing look at me I've been abused 

Oh I'm another silly lost girl staring at you (staring at you) 

So maybe I'll put on my high heel shoes (ba, ba) 

And soar the night away (ba, ba) 

And soar the night away (ba, ba,) 

But whatever I do 

{chorus} 

I'm not gonna slow this bird down (down) 

I don't wanna look life in the eye (eye) 

I'm not gonna fall face first in this spiral called a life 

I'm not indenial (no) 

I'm not suicidal (no) 

Not an alcoholic (no) 

I'm not out here hoein' 

So just shut the fuck up (shut the fuck up) 

This bird's not slowin' down 

Once in a while (once in a while) 

When the sun does its job 

Lets the clouds take a nice day off (day off) 

I can breeze through the day 

And just run through the night (run through the night) 

Hearing cheers come from those big blue eyes 

His smile blazes like fireworks 

On the evening of fourth of july 

So I got reason to fly 

{chorus} 

Slowin' down (down, down, down, down) 

Slowin' down (down, down, down, down) 

down, down, down, down 

down, down, down, down 

down, down, down, down 

Slowin' down 

[Solange Speaking] 

It's not over yet 

The song isn't over yet 

Ain't no birds 

gonna slow me down 

I'ma keep on rollin' 

And ain't no birds 

gonna slow me down 

Keep on rollin' 

And ain't no birds 

gonna slow me down 

I'ma keep on rollin' 

And ain't no birds 

gonna slow me down 

("rollin' " repeated throughout background)