YELLOW BIRD

YELLOW BIRD

YELLOW BIRD SITTING IN A FARAWAY TREE

I LOOK AT HIM AND HE LOOK AT ME

WE EYE EACH OTHER LIKE WE KINDA SCARED

BUT HE NOT THAT BIG SO I DON'T CARE.

YELLOW BIRD FLIES WITH HIS WINGS SPREAD WIDE

LIGHTS IN A TREE ON MY RIGHT SIDE

I KEEP ON PLANTING MY SEEDS AND SUCH

HE MAKES ME NERVOUS BUT NOT TOO MUCH.

YELLOWBIRD CAWS A BIRDLIKE CALL

AND I SAYS TO HIM "I HOPE YOU FALL"

I KEEP ON WORKING, IGNORE THE FOOL

TILL HE SWOOPS DOWN AND STEALS MY TOOL.

YELLOWBIRD LAUGHS FROM THE TOP OF THE TREE

HOLDS UP MY HOE SO I CAN SEE

I TAKE OUT MY GUN TO SHOOT HIM DEAD

AND THE BIRD AND HOE FALL ON MY HEAD.

YELLOWBIRD SHAKES HIMSELF AND STANDS

SAYS: "NOT TOO BAD FOR A COMMON MAN"

WE EYE EACH OTHER AND THEN WE GRIN

AND THAT'S HOW THE BIRD AND ME BECAME

BEST FRIENDS.

©BY VOO

NOVEMBER 4, 2006 

MIDNIGHT 

 

YELLOW BIRD by CHET ATKINS