Amanda Shires - Look Like a Bird lyrics

I wanna look like a bird--careless, weightless and free. I wanna look like a bird--careless, weightless and free. To perch like a yellow hammer, to have a grackle's gate, To wander marigold blossoms or feather and fly away. Like the tree grew for standing And they stand for me. Like the tree grows branches And they stand for me. I wanna look like a bird, scissor wings and split the sky. I wanna look like a bird, like I know what it is to fly. Like I don't know about falling Or what it is to cry To look like a bird, careless in the world Like tears are foreign to my eyes. I wanna look like a bird, stare raven cold and mean. Night hawk. Night birds see through everything. Like I don't care or grieve, Like I've never been drunk on wine. Oh to look like a bird, Weightless in the world careless on the vine. I wanna look like a bird, like I was mean to sing. I wanna look like a bird, like I know my place world. Like I know my place in the world. [Thanks to Thomas Mooney for lyrics]