Odd Bird Lyrics — Ada Bird Wolfe

ODD BIRD BOP

Music by Ada Bird Wolfe & Jamieson Trotter, Lyrics by Ada Bird Wolfe

There's big birds and small
Tiny songbirds
And there are always odd birds, odd birds
Birds sleeping outside on a wire
Or in a little cozy nest and
odd birds, odd birds

There's birds red and brown
Yellow and green
And there are always odd birds, odd birds
There's tweet and chirp and coo and caw
And squawk and cluck and cackle
And the odd birds, odd birds

In every flock and every nest,
you'll hear a certain plaintive cry
A little different from the rest
That's the odd bird, odd bird

There's all kinds of wings
All kinds of plumage and flight
And the odd birds, odd birds
In every town and hill and dale
And every time you turn around
Odd birds, odd birds

© 2020 Ada Birdie Music and Shkamofle Music

IN THE SHADE

Music by Ada Bird Wolfe & Jamieson Trotter, Lyrics by Ada Bird Wolfe

It is hot, better come in the shade, dear
Where the sweet zephyr whispers and sighs
The harsh sun on your face just a memory trace
While we float in cool warmth, you and I

I have made us a nest in the shade, dear
In the shade where the violets grow
Under fragrant green pine, soon your love will be mine
To the shade, oh my love, let us go

It is hot but you are my cool water
Like a deep mountain stream in the spring
And the taste on your lips
Like the kiss that the blackberry brings

It is hot, shall we wait for the night, dear
Or sample this dappled delight
In the shade we will lie, while the sweet time drifts by
In the shade, dear, our love will take flight

© 2020 Ada Birdie Music and Shkamofle Music

Something fast,
something light

Music by Ada Bird Wolfe & Jamieson Trotter, Lyrics by Ada Bird Wolfe

Something fast, something light
Like the flicker in the night
Of the firefly’s quick flight
That is fast, that is light

Something light, something fast
Like the breath upon your face
Of the jasmine's sweet embrace
That is light, that is fast.

The thrill in the night of the
Whisper in your ear
The one you can barely hear
When it's fast, when it's light

Something fast, something light
Something leaping high above
Something weightless as our love,
That is fast, that is light

© 2020 Ada Birdie Music and Shkamofle Music

Ericolloquy

Music by Ada Bird Wolfe & Jamieson Trotter, Lyrics by Ada Bird Wolfe

Locked within a tender heart, tender soul
Is my love
Waiting for me
Hoping that we
Soon will find that sweet repose
That comes to lovers
who have pledged in truth and peace
Their love, their lives

But I … And I …
Restless heart, love
Better leave, love, don’t stay

Step by step, the mem'ries fade
Burning dusk, endless sea
What in the world compares with these?
All my heavy cares released.
If I would stay
with you, sweetheart
Still my mind would wander far
If I would stay, it might be you
But we are who we are

Can I steal just one more glance
One more kiss, Is it fair?
When I well know, when I am sure
He will give me what I ask
And be so glad and think that I
have fin'ly changed my ways, my mind,

But I … And I …
Restless mind, love
Better leave, love, quick go

© 2020 Ada Birdie Music and Shkamofle Music

Ashes, Ashes

Music by Ada Bird Wolfe & Jamieson Trotter, Lyrics by Ada Bird Wolfe

Ring around the rosy
Pockets full of posies, ashes, ashes …

Ashes in the air
Ashes in the sky
Falling like snowflakes
Dancing in the wind

Ashes in the air
Ashes in the sky
Rising from wild fires
Trav'ling far and wide

Is it true that if we're careful
We can keep the beast at bay
We are melting, we are melting
Jagged pieces break away
And the salt water is rising
In our tears, we float away

The ashes are so tiny
But they occupy the sky
Turning air to burning shadows
Burning embers in our eyes
And the ashes keep on falling
And the world has come untied

They are knocking
Can you hear them?
Do you think you'll get away?
But they say that if we're careful
We can keep the beast at bay

Fire in the air
Fire in the sky
Roaring like freight trains
The hell fire thunders by

The beast behind the door
The flame licks at the roof
The embers, embers in our eyes
The ice melting, melting
Can we get away?

Fire in the air
Fire in the sky
Roaring like freight trains
The hell fire thunders by

© 2020 Ada Birdie Music and Shkamofle Music

Lover’s Leap

Music by Ada Bird Wolfe & Jamieson Trotter, Lyrics by Ada Bird Wolfe

Leaping, turning high,
Lover tries to catch my eye,
He is fearless as he
vaults into the sky.
Shall I join the supple dance
Or let it pass me by?
I have learned to be alone,
Why risk a melancholy dive

Leaping, turning high,
Like a spring lamb light at play,
Shall I leave my heavy heart
And take a chance?
It would be so fine to find my
Hopeful youth again,
With a leaping, fearless guy
Perhaps my heart can mend.

Song of the lover's leap,
Arms open wide,
Song of the quick caught breath
When I'm beside him.
I thought I had signed off love,
Perhaps I spoke too fast
But we are often branded
By our past.

Leaping, turning high,
I'll let Lady Luck decide,
Flip a coin and if it's heads
Then I will try.
Love is such a stubborn thing
It sings and sings again
Calling ’til we answer
Its sweet voice and come back in

© 2020 Ada Birdie Music and Shkamofle Music

The Wave

Music by Ada Bird Wolfe & Jamieson Trotter, Lyrics by Ada Bird Wolfe

There was a wave
An ocean thing
That snatched
And all around
Was water filled with sand
Who knew up
Who knew down
Not me

It’s true I was a
Little girl
But if I’d been
Full grown
There is nothing
You can do
When it wraps you
In its arms
The sea

You learn to be quite still
And calmly hold your breath
That cold behind your back
Will it ever let you go?
Don’t know

And then it spits you out
Although it drops you
To your knees
Tumbling pebbles
Broken shells
You are marked
But you are free
Free me.

© 2020 Ada Birdie Music and Shkamofle Music

Samba Batucada

Music by Ada Bird Wolfe & Jamieson Trotter, Lyrics by Ada Bird Wolfe

Samba Batucada
at the samba hall
Roping me with rhythm
A Pied Piper call
Balmy nights of jasmine
wine and mirror lights
Samba batucada
That’s my heart’s delight

Handsome sambinsta
There across the room
I don't need to look
to know he's coming for me soon
Swaying to the samba
Softly as I wait
Smiling to myself
As the samba weaves my fate

While our hips are moving
We’re talking with our eyes
That’s the kind of moment
Samba batucada buys
When that sambanista
Pulls me to his chest
I can hear his heartbeat,
I can’t catch my breath

Gently blows the sweet breeze
Like a lover’s kiss
Strings of colored lanterns
The ocean’s cooling mist
Time is just a number
In the ever-lasting night
Samba batucada
Tiger, tiger burning bright

Will he be the lover
to last me all my life
Samba batucada
Who cares if I’m a wife
Samba batucada
Its own story of love
and when we dance the samba
That’s all we’re thinking of

When a sambanista
Gets you in his sights
Wraps you in the rhythm
Of a samba flavored night
That will be an evening
That you won’t forget
Samba batucada
Nights with no regrets

© 2020 Ada Birdie Music and Shkamofle Music

Did I Ever?

Music by Ada Bird Wolfe & Jamieson Trotter, Lyrics by Ada Bird Wolfe

Did I ever love you?
Was that where it went wrong?
It seemed as though I loved you
But it’s true that all along
I wanted someone different
Someone more like me
Was that where it went wrong
My love?

Did I ever love you?
And yet my heart is sad
Waiting for your footsteps
I feel so very bad
I cry when you don’t answer
Feeling that my heart will break
How could we go so wrong
My love?
Did she ever love me?
I seem to hear him ask
She always seemed so angry
Both now and in the past
I tried so hard to be the one
She wanted me to be
But it never changed
How she was to me

Can we ever find it
The path to heal our hearts?
I feel that you don’t love me
I fear I was the start
And yet I know I love you
And if you would take the chance
We still could find the way
My love,
The path to heal our hearts
My love

© 2020 Ada Birdie Music and Shkamofle Music

Ordinary Man

Dedicated to George Floyd
May 25, 2020, 8:14p

Music by Ada Bird Wolfe & Jamieson Trotter, Lyrics by Ada Bird Wolfe

Just an ordinary man
Had some troubles and some joy
Sometimes happy, sometimes sad
Had some children, girls and boys
Just an ordinary man
Trav'ling towards another dawn
Looking for a brand new start
Working just to get along

We are always looking for
Extraordinary men
Women strong and brave
To change the world we're living in
The super hero ones
Who stand above us all
Who will come and rescue us
Who will answer freedom's call

An ordinary man
Lived an ordinary way
We watched while he died
On that stifling night in May
And we were so ashamed
We could not turn away
An ordinary man
Changed the world that day

An ordinary man
Changed the world that day
An ordinary man
Say his name
George Floyd

© 2020 Ada Birdie Music and Shkamofle Music

Ocean, mountain,
river and sky

Music by Ada Bird Wolfe & Jamieson Trotter, Lyrics by Ada Bird Wolfe

Ocean, mountain, river and sky
Water and earth and air, and air
Crystal that sparks from the blistering sand
Green leaves of spring, the cool air
And the cliffs streaked with rust
and the air

Father and mother and baby makes three
Sun, moon and stars, the light, the light
Fire and rock and space, and space
Heartbeat within your chest
And the warmth of your breath,
Living air

© 2020 Ada Birdie Music and Shkamofle Music

An Egg

Music by Ada Bird Wolfe & Jamieson Trotter, Lyrics by Ada Bird Wolfe

An egg
The beginning is an egg
Such an ordinary thing
Not yet song and not yet wing

An egg
Perfect oval little egg
Faintly warm within the hand
Faintly rocking on the sand

Egg, Infinity
Packed within a shell
Possibility
What will come we cannot tell

The shell
starts to crack from life within
Beaching from a tiny sea
A life, anew, an egg
New Year, an egg
New Year, an egg
New Year, an egg

© 2020 Ada Birdie Music and Shkamofle Music

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