sun lights up the sky hummingbirds fly everything must change and mysteries do unfold for that's the way of time no one, and nothing goes unchanged there are not many things in life one can be sure of except rain comes from the clouds rain comes from the

For such a simple man I know it sounds absurd When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily Oh joyfully, playfully watching me But then

When God paints Sometimes I take for granted the simple things But there's always a bigger picture I can't explain I can be his biggest critic when it starts to rain When God paints, birds sing He colors every feather on a sparrow's wings When God

To tell you that you're marvelous To ever be in Webster's dictionary And so I'm I'm borrowing a love song from the birds Too marvelous for words Tell you that you're marvelous You're just too marvelous Too marvelous for words Like glorious, glamorous and

I'm sitting by a lake But it's not of this earth The water is so clear And the birds are alive A mirror for the sky They see themselves And fly away The universe is alive I lay down by the river-flow

For such a simple man I know it sounds absurd When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily Oh joyfully, playfully watching me But then

Then as it was, then again it will be And though the course may change sometimes Rivers always reach the sea Blind stars of fortune, each have several rays On the wings of maybe, down in birds of prey Kind of makes me feel sometimes, didn't have to grow

I'm for the birds (I'm for the birds) Old dogs sleeping at your feet I'm I'm for the girls with the curls and the curves I'm I'm for questions I'm I'm for freedom Celebrating every season For what it's worth I'm I'm against the days When the skies stay bummer-grey