From the recordings Song Bird and Fabulous Junkyard
Lyrics
She is a song bird, high in a tree
her feathers are gilded and her song is sweet
inside her chest, behind her black eyes
a thousand heartbeats a minute, and a thousand ideas
(chorus)
Sun, sunshine or rain she will sing her refrain
she's a song bird
She sings where she has to, she eats what she finds
eyes like weather assault her, no safe home in her mind
doesn't matter who listens, she will sing just the same
for the gift she was given is heavy on her light frame
(chorus)
Sun, sunshine or rain she will sing her refrain
she's a song bird