One With The Birds Lyrics - Will Oldham

leave me alone is all that I say 

when I have nothing in me to give away 

a purple martin in her house, she hollers at me 

why be inhuman ? why be like me ? 

chorus: 

like so many robins, like so many doves 

like so many lovebirds with so many loves 

like the songs of the bobwhite 

without any words 

when we are inhuman we're one with the birds 

at six in the morning you rise from the pillow 

stand steaming above me; I slumber below 

I'm one with the blanket laying fragrant and loose 

you're one with a whipporwill, 

you're one with a goose 

chorus 

so tweet with me and widely spread 

your olive wings: embrace my head 

fly with me 'til we are dead 

and one with the birds 

like so many seagulls 

like so many hawks 

like so many thrushes 

and so many cocks 

a swallow will tell you without using 

misleading 

heartrending words 

when we are inhuman we're one with the birds 

"when we hide our feelings we may as well fly away"