Birds You Cannot See

C

[VERSE 1]

           F            C
There are birds in the darkness
      G               C    C/B
who douse electrical fires
  Am
Flaring up in nursing homes
         G
and the bedrooms of blind men
 C         F      C
Birds you cannot see

[VERSE 2]

           F            C
There are birds in the darkness
     G               C    C/B
who nest in wooden crutches
 Am
Eye-patches and bandages,
  G
broken spinal columns,
 C       F         C
pots of withered plants

[CHORUS]

 F                C
Birds you cannot see,
 G              C
filling every tree,
 G               C
falling out of closets
     F              C        G     C
and perched on the hands of dying men

[VERSE 3]

           F            C
There are birds in the darkness
     G                  C        C/B
who lead lost dogs off highways
  Am
Steer boats past icebergs,
       G
save children stuck in wells
 C         F      C
Birds you cannot see

{VERSE 4]

           F            C
There are birds in the darkness
 G                  C    C/B
seen by those with tumors
 Am
circling common light bulbs
       G
with blue feathered halos
 C        F       C
and the sound of rain

[CHORUS]

 F                C
Birds you cannot see,
 G              C
filling every tree,
 G               C
falling out of closets
     F              C        G     C
and perched on the hands of dying men