Look Like a Bird - Amanda Shires

I wanna look like a bird--careless, weightless and free

I wanna look like a bird--careless, weightless and free

To perch like a yellow hammer, to have a grackle’s gait

To wander marigold blossoms, or feather and fly away

Like the trees grew for standing

And they stand for me

Like the trees grow branches

And they stand for me

I wanna look like a bird, scissor wings and split the sky

I wanna look like a bird, like I know what it is to fly

Like I don’t know about falling

Or what it is to cry

To look like a bird, careless in the world

Like tears are foreign to my eyes

I wanna look like a bird, stare raven cold and mean

Night hawk.

Night birds see through everything

Like I don’t care or grieve

Like I’ve never been drunk on wine

Oh to look like a bird

Weightless in the world careless on the vine

I wanna look like a bird, like I was meant to sing

I wanna look like a bird, like I know my place in the world

Like I know my place in the world