Pink Parakeet Lyrics - Stan Ridgway

Your pink parakeet still waits for you to free her 

So I've kept this cage closed tightly when I feed her 

Your room is locked up solid and the key's here 'round my neck 

Your soul and property I still protect 

No this world won't understand you or accept you 

You'll need someone just like me to hold the wolves at bay 

I love you like a sculptor loves his chistle and his stone 

How can you go with all the love I've shown 

I've invested many precious hours of training 

Your poise, your grace, your youthful face is fading 

And without me you will falter, and confuse and soon go blind 

I know what scares you there inside your mind 

Now without you to advise I'm feeling weaker 

This game's no fun to play without a teacher 

And without my guide and councel you will surely die alone 

I demand you back, look at the love I've shown 

Now I've never been unfaithful 'til this moment 

You've made me now investigate my life 

My scars and stitches shown, I've been stripped now to the bone 

Look what you've done with all the love I've shown 

Now what word, maybe somewhere will finally trip you? 

How cool of you to do this thing to me 

And I know you'll always fail, I always did 

But I hold no grudge or groan 

How could I now, with all the love I've shown 

With all the love I've shown