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Even if you despise me,
I'm a yellow bird in flight.
Feed me, just let me bob and weave.
While you're waiting for your maker,
I land on the roof or tap against your window.
The elements aren't kind to me,
I fly between your fantasy
of freedom and the thing that makes you pray.

Yellow bird, I'm in the tree.
How can you stay mad at me?
Oh, you know you'd be a fool.
Yellow bird, I'm on the fence.
You'd curse and then I'd
fly back from whence I came.
You see me between two little dots
that float and drift and cross,
I know you'll love me
when life falls away.

When you're in your bed, I'm wide awake.
I hear as you plot your escape
into my harsh domain.
On that day we'd celebrate,
we'd fly together to our fate
and learn by the lash of freezing rain.

If you see me light upon your windshield,
please let me steal your view.
If you hear me cry for mercy
like tweety bird, you know your mind's askew.
As you contemplate your death and pain
and God and fear and fame,
I know you'll love me
when I'm in the storm drain.

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from Candy Stripe Heaven, released September 5, 2022

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Julian Cartwright is a songwriter, instrumentalist, composer and arranger based in the Philadelphia area. Instagram @julian.cartwright.songs

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