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artist: Elbow

album: Build a Rocket Boys!

released on March 4th 2011

The birds

Are the keepers of our secret

As they saw us where we lay

In the deepest grass of springtime

In a reckless guilty haze

And they wove a sweet indifference

And it settled on our skin

Til the eyes that I remembered

For the last time drew me in

The birds

Though I wore your glacial patience

To a smudge of bitter dust

On the last day you embraced me

With a glistening sapling trust

Did they sing a million blessings

As they watched us slowly part

Do they keep those final kisses

In their tiny racing hearts

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What are we gonna do with you

Same tale every time

What are we gonna do with you

Come on inside

Looking back is for the birds

What are we gonna do with you

Same tale every time

What are we gonna do with you

Come on inside

Looking back is for the birds

What are we gonna do with you

Same tale every time

What are we gonna do with you

Come on inside

Looking back is for the birds

What are we gonna do with you

Same tale every time

What are we gonna do with you

Come on inside

Looking back is for

The birds

The birds

Are the keepers of our secret

As they saw us where we lay

In the deepest grass of springtime

In a reckless guilty haze

Did they sing a million blessings

As they watched us slowly part

Do they keep those final kisses

In their tiny racing hearts

What are we gonna do with you

Looking back is for the birds

What are we gonna do with you

§ Elbow -- The Birds §