Matthew Good Band - Bluebird lyrics

An unmade bed The unfinished book lies half-read Underneath the chain-light Staring into space A secret from some other place And now what kind of insight Below the picture of your mother in the wing There are records in the corner Where she taught you how to sing Bye bye bluebird Bye bye my bluebird And in your head These are not the only words There were promises of continents And other things I heard As we stoned the bird We stood there for a long time Hoping it would rise Waiting for it to fly again One by one we all turned away Off to k** the gra** Where the others came to play Bye bye bluebird Bye bye my bluebird If it was at all easy To get your attention I would be the King of Hell And you my henchman Somewhere in all these flames We would seek the open sky Assa**ins by trade Twisting in the blade Murdering the lullaby I've been thinking about it Maybe I'll fly away My oh my now