No Birds Today - Cowboy Junkies

Someday soon I'm going to find myself a saviour Sit him on the naugahide And make him tell me the answers Someday soon He'll look at me With the word in his eye

Keep it coming I've got your back Do not fear When I'm on deck A bigger lie I've never told A bigger story yet to unfold My only guarantee: i will f**k you up

My father's stories fell upon us Filled us with his light Gospels, fertile minds Taking root, taking root His pocket change would jingle Sacramental bells Heads

It doesn't really matter anyway It doesn't really matter anyway Singer brought her to tears But they were my words not hers What I said or didn't say, no It doe

If you've gone, made up your mind 'bout leaving tomorrow Take it all but leave my cutting board behind I can see my way ahead, I reach this closed doorway Try a

You speak your love You turn, are gone What kind of love You thinking of Can you tell me how this mountain got so high Moments worth The price of myths Lifting

Here we stand at the end of paths taken Guiding light inspiration, the slow decline The crumbling foundation, the stations and now the cross But we're still los