Starling

Am F C Em Filthy Bird Laying in our yard Am F C Em Four chambered heart never beat so hard Am F C Em Dad said she was almost gone Am F C Em Upside down out on our lawn Am F C Em And I could hold her in a shoe box Am F C Em if she heals she could be mine Am F C Em and if I can not save her spirit Am F C Em Dad says I should break her spine Am F Shaking brilliant, silver black wings C Em Jesus Christ what prayers these dare sing Am C Wear your hearts out on your sleeves for F G starlings, starlings Am C All the least of all of these are F G Starlings, starlings Am F C Em Two years pass I pump the chamber Am F C Em full of air to shoot the birds Am F C Em harmless game to hit them slightly Am F C Em Scare them off in other words Am F C Em Starling, falling to her death Am F C Em Piercing copper steals her breath Am F C Em See the flower in her breast Am F C Em starving babies in her nest Am F Raise our souls up to the sky C Em Why must helpless creatures die Am C Every breath, has sacred weight Am C Every life has some design Am C Yet we k**l and possess faith Am C Speak of life, while digging graves Am F Raise our souls up to the sky C Em Why must helpless creatures die (Chorus 2x)