Song That Bird Sings
Carla Sciaky (© 1994 Salonica Publishing Co./BMI)

 I live in the mountains about a half hour from town
And I explore the woods in good weather and I walk the paths I’ve found
There’s a rabbit that lives in my woodpile and there are deer that graze on my grass
But they could be gone in no time and you can’t bring back the past

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Well we can plant it and we can cut it down
But we can’t make a tree
And we can water crops across the land
But we can’t make the rain
And we can shoot it down or put it in a cage
But we can’t make a bird
And we can’t sing the song that that bird sings

 I wake in the morning to the clatter of jays and crows
And the neighbors have seen wild turkeys along the creek below
And the elk appear every autumn and they bugle round the bend
But they could be gone in no time and we can’t bring them back again

Chorus

We don’t have the power to keep a volcano still
And we can’t stop the might earthquake from shifting at its will
But we can listen to earth’s rhythms and keep that lifeline on its track
Oh ‘cause it could be gone in no time and we can’t bring it back

Chorus

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