From the recording The Beauty Blues Vol.1 Identified Celestial Subjects
A wistful environmental ballad with a power paean chorus. Don’t you want to be bird happy?
Moray Crawford: Bongos, Udu
Maryse Dumas: Flute,
Roman Rhodes: Guitars, Vocals
Larry Ransome: Jembe, Shakers
Mark Williams: Bass
Lyrics
Bird Happy
© Roman Rhodes, 2019
I’ve got so much so tell me why,
I feel so empty and want to cry?
In truth I know, I understand
It’s all the destruction made by man.
The great blue oceans, the great blue sky
The green dark forests, turn grey and die.
The rich dark soils are now cement
Tell me where the beauty went!
When will you walk with me?
When will you talk to me?
When will you hear my words
So we can be like the birds.
Chorus
I want to be bird happy, so happy I sing
I want to feel like I’m flying like a bird on a wing.
I want to be bird happy, so happy I sing.
I want to fly---- with you like a bird on a wing.
It’s hard to be happy when you see the trends.
All this consumption leads to bitter ends.
It’s hard to be happy when you see.
All the world beauty ceasing to be.
Where is our Churchill to lead our wars,
To stop these Nazi corporate whores?
When will you fight with me?
When will you do right with me?
When will you protect the earth
So we can live like the birds.
Repeat Chorus 2x
End ad lib
Want to be bird happy like a bird on a wing.
I want to be bird happy, so happy I sing.
Want to be bird happy like a bird on a wing.