We live in a world we can't understand Poor blind birds, if we're anything And the world is not what it seems To poor blind birds ♪ We were laughed out of Eden (so they say) In the wake of our first mistake And no one knew where the road was leading We spent our days running from maze to maze We live in a world we can't understand, ooh-ooh Poor blind birds, if we're anything And the world is not what it seems, ooh-ooh To poor blind birds ♪ Since you've been dead, these seven years I've seen you twice in a glass of red brandy and ice As the sky filled with golden spears And hung a wreath in the house of grief We live in a world we can't understand, ooh-ooh Poor blind birds, if we're anything And the end is not the end, ooh-ooh For poor blind birds ♪ So I'm leaving on the bus tonight Through the snow of Shenandoah In this long dream of life It's a lonely road that leads us home We live in a world we can't understand, ooh-ooh Poor blind birds, if we're anything And the world is not what it seems, ooh-ooh To poor blind birds We live in a world we can't understand, ooh-ooh Poor blind birds, if we're anything And the end is not the end, ooh-ooh For poor blind birds