Lyrics

The day she came she said she couldn't stay long
Like every moment was a precious gift for me to steal
It was bittersweet the way she stole inside me
The way the corn looks with the sunflowers filling up the field
There was finally a home
But I never learned to see the stranger
Who would leave me alone
And I never recognized the danger
She always hated how no cars came out here
They only drive this way to drag and throw their junk away
It piled up so high it drove her crazy
She said it felt like it was her who was carrying the weight
But before things turned bad
She would call me out to see the birds come
But her face looked so sad
As she watched them gather headed southward

There's no more birds outside my window
The pond has long since dried
I should have counted some to comfort me
I wonder why I never tried
But if you just say you'd remember
Well, they might come back someday
But if you don't, I know that soon
This battered nest will just break up and blow away

She said she'd call me once the kids start asking
I don't believe I'll be among the secrets that she tells
Cause when my boy starts calling for his daddy
I don't pretend the man who comes won't be somebody else
Overhead they soar by
Flying to a home they barely remember
Leaving me here to cry
With this empty field come September

The only birds outside my window
Are the scavengers at bay
Waiting for my guard to drop enough
So they can drag what's left away
But at least I'll go down swinging
With what's little left to save
As I let go, unraveled and lose
This battered nest will just break up and blow away
And blow away
And blow away

And blow away
Fly la lai, la lai la lai..