Building A Bird

Written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin

I'm building a bird 
From the wreck of a story 
Something I once heard 
Sifting through this pile of words 
I'm building a bird  
I'm building a bird 
From a crack in the system 
Sunshine it's a dirty word 
Slippin' out this naked world 
And building a bird   

Take a broken bird home 
Wrap it in barbed wire 
Saddest song I ever heard 
Was a bird in a house on fire  

I'm building a bird 
From the wreck of a story 
Something I once heard 
Sifting through this pile of words 
I'm building a bird   

All this scattered make-up 
From covering his curse 
All the scattered building blocks 
That never got to build a bird  

If you want it you can take it 
If you need it you don't know it 
If it moves screw in the ground 
If it's around it's all over 
Tools and nails glue and feathers 
All that's left from building a bird  

I'm building a bird 
From a crack in the system 
Sunshine it's a dirty word 
Slippin' out this naked world 
And building a bird 
And building a bird  

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Performed on Move The Universe - Nigel Olsson.