Tree Of Life

We birds must be so strong 
To hold ourselves up 
On branches so slender 

We will evade 
We will evade 
We will evade the huntsman 

But the huntsman 
Saw lies in 
The finch’s eyes 

And the huntsmen 
Heard sins in 
The hummingbird’s hymns 

So the huntsman decided 
That birds must be divided 
And it must be done by him 

We will evade 
We will evade 
We will evade the huntsman 

But did he know 
Of the cardinal 
That lived just long enough 
To see his children 
Hatch eggs of their own? 

Did he see 
The brother bluebirds 
Who flew in together? 

Did he see 
The swallow study 
Small worms in the ground? 

Did he see 
The dove keeping 
The sick safe and sound? 

We will evade 
We will evade 
We will evade the huntsman 

Did he know 
Of the plover that cleaned 
And looked over 
Not only other birds 
But crocodiles as well? 

Did he see 
The partridges nursing 
Their empty nest? 

Did he hear 
The old songbird 
Who lead the 
Morning’s melody 
When the other 
Birds were at rest? 

We will evade 
We will evade 
We will evade the huntsman 

We birds must be so strong 
To hold ourselves up 
On the Tree of Life 

We always said 
We would evade 
But now the huntsman 
Has arrived