Canary Bird

Me, I've been climbing a giant

Now I fear for the cold wind to come

All the ladders I brought

They are laughing at me

Throwing splinters at the shoulder I'm on

And my trousers's been torn by the elbows

I've been spending a year upside down

Waving my arms trying to reach for the ground

Hoping for a leash to be found

Tell me you're lying

For no heat here is rising off

And don't go waltzing a canary bird

When a crow clings to your throat

Now, the stray dog is selling his owner

I see te bird's built a cage in his nest

For noone believes in a fallen log

Who says everyone around me is gone

And the wind-up man is planting a railroad

Now he waits for a ladder to grow

Just to catch all them birdchirping sundays he's lost

And to rise above the barking of dogs

So tell me you're lying

For no heat here is rising off

And don't go waltzing a canary bird

When a crow clings to your throat

And every morning the kid in the corner,

I see her tie up her shoes to her hands

Just to save up some traces from walking and then

Trade them for handfuls of grain