Neil Jordan
Neil Jordan - Birdfly Paper lyrics
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I am stuck in L.A. through the week and can't get away And you're alone on the pier in West Palm Beach on your holiday Stormy nights, re-awake the stomach ache That I've acquired, from feeling down Things look grim and I'm so sick of being tired Apartment lights go dark and it's depressing But what can I do? The midnight streets feel dead When I am so used to driving with you Brighter lights fill the night And bluer skies reflect in your eyes As I inspect and analyze All of these dreams I don't recognize If you're still up when the ships in the port prepare to set sail Comb the beach and put those blue flowers up in your ponytail Inside my head your voice is still resounding but what can I do? The empty rooms feel cold when I am so used to being with you Count the stars, watch the waves absorb the summer sun And think of me when you explore hidden coves And tiny island chains throughout the sea Can you still, hear my voice When I'm outside, from over the phone? For what it's worth, darling dear I wish you were here, 'cause I feel alone When you were home we'd sing But since you've left I don't hear anything Though I feel so sad I can't believe things are really that bad Old captains and brand new cruise ships Sailing over the briny sea When I crashed my beloved desk job And swim through the debris I'll cut loose leave this mad house Bound for the Atlantic blue I'll stroll down your treelined driveway And sail the ocean with you Affection, the gifted architect, Is making a draft and beautiful design The options and possibilities Are endless when we connect and re-align Collections of books and documents Arise and parade around my cluttered desk Reworking the math and measurements Until I'm convinced these plans are picturesque Like mountains in the Midwest Reaction creates the columns dark And wide like the roads around Fort Lauderdale The structures begin to take their shape Before I've designed the public monorail The turnpike and high-speed motorway Connect and enclose the quaint suburban streets The airport, the broad suspension bridge The lake and the beach where several rivers meet Compounded from the spreadsheet A city sparkles in the night How can it glow so bright? The neighborhoods surround the soft florescent light Designer skyline in my head Abstract and still well-read You went from numbered lines to buildings overhead I brush my teeth, and look in the mirror And laugh out loud as I'm beaming from ear to ear I'd rather pick flowers instead of fights And rather than flaunt my style I'd flash you a smile of clean pearly whites I've been to the dentist a thousand times so I know the drill I smooth my hair, sit back in the chair But somehow I still get the chills "Have a seat" he says pleasantly As he shakes my hand, and practically laughs at me "Open up nice and wide" he says peering in With a smirk he says "don't have a fit this'll just pinch a bit" As he tries not to grin When hygienists leave on long vacations That's when dentists scream and lose their patience Talking only brings the tooth aches on Because I say the stupidest things So if my resolve goes South I'll swallow my pride with an aspirin, and shut my mouth Golf and alcohol don't mix And that's why I don't drink and drive Because, good grief I'd knock out my teeth And have to kiss my smile goodbye I've been to the dentist a thousand times so I know the drill I smooth my hair, sit back in the chair But somehow I still get the chills I opened my eyes last night and saw you in the low light Walking down by the bay, on the shore, staring up at the stars that aren't there anymore I was feeling the night grow old and you were looking so cold So like an introvert, I drew my over shirt Around my arms and began to shiver violently before You happened to look and see the tunnels all around me Running into the dark underground All the subways around create a great sound To my motion fatigue, farewell with your ear to a seashell You can hear the waves in underwater caves As if you actually were inside a saltwater room Time together isn't ever quite enough When you and I are alone, I've never felt so at home What will it take to make or break this hint of love? Only time, only time Can you believe that the crew has gone and wouldn't let me sign on? All my islands have sunk in the deep, so I can hardly relax or even oversleep I feel warm with your hand when we walk along the shoreline I guess I'll never know why sparrows love the snow We'll turn off all of the lights and set this ballroom aglow So tell me darling, do you wish we'd fall in love? Yeah, all the time, all the time Time together isn't ever quite enough When you and I are alone, I've never felt so at home What will it take to make or break this hint of love? Only time, only time When we're apart whatever are you thinking of? If this is what I call home, why does it feel so alone? So tell me darling, do you wish we'd fall in love? All the time, all the time Time together isn't ever quite enough When we're apart whatever are you thinking of? What will it take to make or break this hint of love? So tell me darling, do you wish we'd fall in love? All the time Oh all the time Please take a long hard look Through your text book cause I'm history When I strap my helmet on I'll be long gone Cause I've been dying to leave Yeah, I'll ride the range And hide all my loose change in my bedroom Cause riding a dirt bike down a turn pike Always takes it's toll on me I've had just about enough Of quote "diamonds in the rough" Because my back-bone is paper thin Get me out of this cavern or I'll cave in (I'll cave in, I'll cave in...) If the bombs go off the sun will still be shining (The sun will still be shining) Because I've heard it said that Every mushroom cloud has a silver lining (Though I'm always under mining to deep to know) Swallow a drop of gravel and blacktop Cause the road tastes like Wintergreen The wind and rain smell of oil and octane Mixed with stale gasoline I'll soak up the sound Try to sleep on the wet ground I'll get ten minutes give or take Cause I just don't foresee myself getting drowsy When cold integrity keeps me wide awake (Awake, awake, awake, awake...) Get me out of this cavern or I'll cave in (Cave in, cave in, cave in, cave in...) Get me out of this cavern or I'll cave in (Cave in, cave in, cave in, cave in...) I'll keep my helmet on Just in case my head caves in (In case my head caves in) Cause if my thoughts collapse Or my framework snaps It'll make a mess like you wouldn't believe Tie my handle bars to the stars So I stay on track (so I stay on track) And if my intentions trail I'll wrench them away Then I'll take my leave and I won't even look back I won't even look back Where was I when the rockets came to life And carried you away into the alligator sky Even though, I'll never know what's up ahead I'm never lettin' go, I'm never lettin' go Uh uh, that's not a plane, that's me I'm sittin' where I'm supposed to Floatin' on the cloud, can't nobody come close to The concrete and the sky switch places So now my ceiling is painted with cosmic spaces Firecracker to the moon, keep your eyes shut Blastin' off like a rocket from the ground up Heh, I used to catch a cab on the Monday Now the taxi's sellin' lights on the runway, fly Condo on the milky way A house on the cloud and God's my landlord And for my rent all I pay is my drive Got that so If you need me you can find me in the alligator sky Where was I when the rockets came to life And carried you away into the alligator sky Even though I'll never know what's up ahead I'm never lettin' go, I'm never lettin' go Roller coaster through the atmosphere I'm drowning in this starry serenade Where ecstasy becomes cavalier My imagination's taking me away Reverie whispered in my ear I'm scared to death that I'll never be afraid Roller coaster through the atmosphere My imagination's taking me away Uh, now I'mma dance like I never dance Sing like I never sing, dream like I've never dreamed Or try to, 'cause we've been lied to That the sun is somethin' that we can't fly to Well, I sit on my star and see street lights Look up, ha, you'll miss me if you blink twice Imagination is hot and if you got it you can meet me When you see me in the alligator sky Where was I when the rockets came to life And carried you away into the alligator sky? Even though I'll never know what's up ahead I'm never lettin' go, I'm never lettin' go Where was I when the rockets came to life And carried you away into the alligator sky? Even though I'll never know what's up ahead I'm never lettin' go, I'm never lettin' go In the alligator sky...