Dar Williams - I Saw a Bird Fly Away (live at the Birchmere) lyrics

I asked the habitual partygoer just how high she thought she'd get And I asked the ethereal girls if they were floating yet And so I asked the light of the day, what's this rush for heaven Then I saw a bird fly away, and I could not ask again The tabloid-tainted actress knows the myth of higher ground The thing she got from playing a nun she got from sleeping around And so I asked the light of the day, what's this rush for heaven Then I saw a bird fly away, and I could not ask again And I've been running uphill, panting, punching at the air Fighting what's been pushing me down, as if it's really there And so I asked the light of the day, what's this rush for heaven Then I saw a bird fly away, and I could not ask again And I saw all this climbing, climbing, just as far from heaven Then I saw a bird fly away, and I started climbing again