I'm seven years old
I'm running through a field
I'm a city boy
But I like how it feels
Not gonna stop
I'm alive and I'm free
Just like a bird,
And (?)
So I took off my shoes,
Took off my socks
Running bare feet
I'm hop-scotching rocks
Look out for stingers
They'll hurt your bare knees,
Then you'll have to stop
And find a dock leaf
Which can take ages
And into the woods
I'm surrounded by trees
Something appears
That I've never seen
It's big and it's golden
An extraordinary bird
It's one of a kind,
I've discovered the first
It's a bit like a parrot
We don't have those here
As soon as I saw it
It just disappeared
I could never forget
Such a wonderful sight
Turned myself around
And ran back inside
Called the local museum
Find out the paper
Do I need an agent?
Worry about that later
You'll make it on news man
It'll be the best day I've had
Be the talk of the playground
But first I'll tell Dad
He said "I don't mean to be unpleasant,
But that birds not a discovery,
It's a pheasant"
But I'd be soaring
If just saw him
Again
Yeah I'd be soaring
If I just saw him
Again
Now I'm just old
At least that's what they say
Sit in this chair
Too tired to play
They call this
I know it's not mine
Don't do much running
Run out of time
Once in the week
Breaks up the day
Helps me to think
Drift off to the notes
And I catch all the words
In my head I run
And remember that bird
I'd be soaring
If I just saw him
Again
Yeah I'd be soaring
If I just saw him
Again
Then
As if by magic
What seemed like a thousand birds burst through the windows
Into the communal lounge
The room is awash with (?) and brights
Beautiful color
By night, each dang bird had been individually saved
From a local shooting field
Was highly illegal
A cunning band compiled
By one ingenuitive black child
And now I'm soaring
Soaring
Again
A cacophony of swirls,
And everybody gets up to dance!
And now I'm soaring
Soaring
Again
One particularly fine specimen has (?) perched on Agnes' head!
And now I'm soaring
Soaring
Again
There are females attempting to eat a series of scrabble letters
That spell out inedible
It's a triple word score!
Now I'm soaring
Soaring
Again
Jeff the care worker mutters
He's not seen anything like it in these parts
What's this strictly defining
Now I'm soaring
Soaring
Again