[ti:Birdcage] [ar:The Wallflowers] [al:Breach] [00:22.31]So sad [00:23.77]That you took it so badly [00:27.56]And acted so madly [00:32.91]So scared [00:34.41]Like a baby by the morning [00:38.49]With sunlight unfolding [00:43.49]Your eyes have turned red [00:47.24]And are holding me [00:49.41]Inside your story [00:54.66]In the end [00:56.15]You'll be starting on a new one [00:59.98]Of anguish and delusions [01:16.81]He smiles [01:18.46]Just like a magician [01:21.80]Who's just cast his illusions [01:27.23]Of castles and sandstones [01:30.48]On the backbeach [01:32.67]And bright lights [01:34.45]Within your reach [01:38.02]The sounds [01:39.49]Of a warning [01:41.40]By the morning [01:43.41]Of hound dogs coming for me [01:48.43]With the ropes [01:50.90]Leading back to your knees [01:54.33]And you lookin' straight at me [01:59.72]On your knees in the rain [02:01.18]With a basket of flowers [02:03.33]Just for me [02:06.39]As the bells in the trees up above [02:09.22]All swung and rang softly [02:13.24]You said you rang them for me [02:16.90]For me [04:08.67]Come back baby bird [04:11.96]With your dirty wings in tatters [04:16.89]Come home where you belong [04:19.98]Nobody knows you better [04:25.10]Now bring back your velvet heart [04:28.07]And we'll make you brand new feathers [04:33.96]Sleep through the morning light [04:36.29]With your arms around your brother [04:39.90]Baby bird [04:43.96]Come back home [04:48.10]Baby bird [04:51.89]You were never really on your own [04:57.67]Now outside faces cry [05:00.92]With the tears of lonesome orphans [05:05.89]And behind every mask [05:09.96]is the face of another [05:14.23]Wherever you have been [05:17.84]wherever you took cover [05:22.00]No arms that pulled you in [05:25.42]could hold you like your mother [05:29.27]Baby bird [05:33.29]Come back home [05:37.40]Baby bird [05:41.19]You were never really on your own [06:03.44]When all my colors fade [06:06.89]And my wings, they've turned to leather [06:11.65]I'll know the reasons why [06:14.66]God let me get older [06:19.69]When all my days are through [06:23.48]And I fly these hills no longer [06:27.86]I'll lay beneath the stars [06:31.24]And I'll watch you flying over [06:34.68]Baby bird [06:38.70]Come back home [06:42.83]Baby bird [06:46.71]You were never really on your own [06:50.92]Baby bird [06:55.03]Come back home [06:59.09]Baby bird [07:03.07]You will never be all alone