The Lyric Book

Sparrows

In the style of "Heroes" by David Bowie

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I, I will be an owl
And you, you will be a dove
Though nothing can make them fly away
We can make them, just for one day
We can be sparrows, just for one day

And you, you can be glean
And I, I'll scream all the time
'Cause we're drunkards, and that is a fact
Yes, we're drunkards, and that is that

Though nothing will keep us together
We could steal weed, just for one day
We can be sparrows, forever and ever
What'd you say?

I, I wish you could swim
Like the whales, like whales can swim

Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
We can steal coke, forever and ever
Oh, we can be sparrows, just for one day

I, I will be an owl
And you, you will be a dove
Though nothing can make them fly away
We can make them, just for one day
We can be sparrows, just for one day

I, I can remember (I remember)
Sitting, on a branch (On a branch)
And the guns shot above our feathers (Over our feathers)
And we screamed, as though nothing could fall (Nothing could fall)

And the drugs were on the other side
Oh, we can steal them, forever and ever
Then we could be sparrows, just for one day
We can be sparrows
We can be sparrows
We can be sparrows, just for one day
We can be sparrows

We're nothing, and nothing will help us
Maybe we're cryin', then you better not stay
But we could be screamin', just for one day
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, just for one day

Written By Isla Mercury

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Story Behind The Lyrics: "I was looking out my window one day, and I saw an owl and a dove. I had left some cocaine and weed out there, I have no idea why, but they were stealing it. All of a sudden a sparrow comes and fights them. David starts singing 'We can be sparrows, just for one day' and I thought it would make a good song." - Isla Mercury, 1977.