You've got to feed the birds if you want them to sing I want to fly high in your hurricane I only wish that you felt the same And if you feed the birds, they'll grow feathers and wings Like a ghost after death climbing out of his skin Is a soul in flight such a terrible thing? And when you sing for me It brings me to my knees Cos I know that you are singing for somebody else But I will sing for you No matter what you do Even if I have to be Somebody else You've got to feed the birds if you want them to fly I'm a ghost of myself hung up from the sky I don't even know myself enough to ask myself why And if you feed the birds they will emigrate south Was it you was it me, I was never in doubt That we flew so high that the fire went out And when you sing for me It brings me to my knee Cos I know that you are singing for somebody else But I will sing for you No matter what you do Even if I have to be Somebody else I want to save you from this world And all the ways it makes you hurt I want to save the world from you And all the crazy things you do And when you sing for me It brings me to my knee 'Cos I know that you are singing for somebody else But I will sing for you No matter what you do Even if I have to be Somebody else And I will sing for you No matter what you do Even if I have to be Somebody else