One With The Birds

G F C Leave me alone is all that I say G F C When I have nothing in me to give away F G C A purple martin in her house, she hollers at me G F C Why be inhuman ? Why be like me ? G F C Like so many robins, like so many doves G F C Like so many lovebirds with so many loves F G C Like the songs of the bobwhite without any words G F C When we are inhuman we're one with the birds G F C At six in the morning you rise from the pillow G F C Stand steaming above me ; I slumber below F G C I'm one with the blanket laying fragrant and loose G F C You're one with a whipporwill, you're one with a goose G F C Like so many robins, like so many doves G F C Like so many lovebirds with so many loves F G C Like the songs of the bobwhite without any words G F C When we are inhuman we're one with the birds Dm G C So tweet with me and widely spread Dm G C Your olive wings ; embrace my head Dm G C Fly with me 'til we are dead F G And one with the birds G F C Like so many seagulls, like so many hawks G F C Like so many thrushes and so many cocks F G C G F A swallow will tell you without using misleading heartrending words (- - - - - F -) G C When we are inhuman we're one with the birds F C Dm F "When we hide our feelings we may as well fly away"