Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Hey, Little Songbird , by - Anaïs Mitchell. Release date: 25.04.2010
Song language: English
Hey, Little Songbird |
| Hey, little songbird, give me a song |
| I’m a busy man and I can’t stay long |
| I got clients to call, I got orders to fill |
| I got walls to build, I got riots to quell |
| And they’re giving me hell back in Hades |
| Hey, little songbird, cat got your tongue? |
| Always a pity for one so pretty and young |
| When poverty comes to clip your wings |
| And knock the wind right out of your lungs |
| Hey, nobody sings on empty |
| Strange is the call of this strange man |
| I want to fly down and feed at his hand |
| I want a nice soft place to land |
| I wanna lie down forever |
| Hey, little songbird, you got something fine |
| You’d shine like a diamond down in the mine |
| And the choice is yours if you’re willing to choose |
| Seeing as you’ve got nothing to lose |
| And I could use a canary |
| Suddenly nothing is as it was |
| Where are you now, Orpheus? |
| Wasn’t it always the two of us |
| Weren’t we birds of a feather? |
| Hey, little songbird, let me guess |
| He’s some kind of poet and he’s penniless |
| Give him your hand, he’ll give you his hand-to-mouth |
| He’ll write you a poem when the power’s out |
| Hey, why not fly south for the winter? |
| Hey, little songbird, look all around you |
| See how the vipers and vultures surround you |
| They’ll take you down, they’ll pick you clean |
| If you stick around such a desperate scene |
| See, people get mean when the chips are down |