Blackbird on the Wire

                                  Eyes to take you dancing 

Mouth to leave your wife 

Legs to run away with 

And you wonder why? 



Heart that makes you bypass 

Every other girl 

Smile that keeps you grinning 

At the madness of this world 



But like the blackbird on the wire 

I will not take the prey on you 

You wouldn't want me to 

For I am too soft for such a thing 

And like the blackbird on the wire 

I just watch you by 

The tears I knew I'd cry 

Fall unnoticed down below 



Front to make you happy 

Back to make you weep 

Lips to keep you kissing 

Whilst everyone's asleep 



Tears to break a backbone 

Laughs to win a war 

And people come and ask me 

What I love you for 



But like the blackbird on the wire 

I will not take the prey on you 

You wouldn't want me to 

For I am too soft for such a thing 

And like the blackbird on the wire 

I just watch you by 

The tears I knew I'd cry 

Fall unnoticed down below 



And with a tongue built from quicksilver 

And a character of steel 

They actually come and ask me 

How I feel 



But like the blackbird on the wire 

I will not take the prey on you 

You wouldn't want me to 

For I am too soft for such a thing 

And like the blackbird on the wire 

I just watch you by 

The tears I knew I'd cry 

Fall unnoticed down below