One With the Birds Lyrics

Leave me alone is all that I say
when I have nothing in me to give away
a purple martin in her house, she hollers at me
why be inhuman ? why be like me ?
chorus:
like so many robins, like so many doves
like so many lovebirds with so many loves
the song of the bobwhite
without any words
when we are inhuman we're one with the birds

at six in the morning you rise from your pillow
stand steaming above me; I slumber below
I'm one with the blankets hanging fragrant and loose
you're one with the whipporwill,
you're one with the goose
chorus:
like so many robins, like so many doves
like so many lovebirds with so many loves
the song of the bobwhite
without any words
when we are inhuman we're one with the birds

so tweet with me and widely spread
your golden wings: around my head
fly with me 'til we are dead
and one with the birds
like so many seagulls
like so many hawks
like so many thrushes
and so many starks
little swallow will tell you
without using misleading heartrending words
when we are inhuman
we're one with the birds
"when we hide our feelings
then we may as well fly away"