Celeste Marie Wilson

Lyrics

They heard it in the tree tops on that Sunday afternoon
Speaking to the heavens in some forgotten tune
They knew that had to have it to speak to him too
But that bird would’t come not for them, me or you

You can’t cage a songbird pluck the music from it’s lungs
Bite off it’s wings, swear that it’s love
You can’t cage a songbird teach it to sing
Of rattlesnakes and taking bait, how grass is never green

They caught it in their bird trap
Tossed it in the mud
Wrote down it’s song, told it be tuff
It slid between the bars, it flew away
And when the jailer sang the song the heavens never came

You can’t cage a songbird pluck the music from it’s lungs
Bite off it’s wings, swear that it’s love
You can’t cage a songbird teach it to sing
Of rattlesnakes and taking bait, how grass is never green

The next time they went walking they head the bird again
But the only song it sang was a warning to it’s friends
I rather be alone than in company of the devil
For you my hard friend I have no sympathy
I rather be alone than in company of the devil
Men like him want pretty things that sing

You can’t cage a songbird pluck the music from it’s lungs
Bite off it’s wings, swear that it’s love
You can’t cage a songbird teach it to sing
Of rattlesnakes and taking bait, how grass is never green