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Old 97's

Bird in a cage

Left you last night on the left coast

 Writin' you a letter right now

 The things that you do render in you

Somethin' I can't live without

Maybe maybe I've got a pulse now

 Maybe my heart's on fire

 But a bird in the hand is worth a bird in a cage

 Is worth a bird on a telephone wire

 Yeah a bird in the hand is worth a bird in a cage

 Is worth a bird on a telephone wire

Left you last night on the left half

 The land of the free to be burned

 Well the heat of your touch is makin' it such

 And I've forgotten everything I've learned

Maybe maybe I've got a problem

 Maybe my heart's a liar

 But a bird in the hand is worth a bird in a cage

 Is worth a bird on a telephone wire

 Yeah a bird in the hand is worth a bird in a cage

 Is worth a bird on a telephone wire

And I may be a bird in a cage

 But it least it's your cage

And I may be a bird in a cage

 But it least it's your cage

Left you last night on the left half

 Of the bed, the half that used to be mine

 Well the way that you sleep is the image I keep

Always on the edge of my mind

Maybe maybe I got a reason

 For livin' even though I'm so tired

 But a bird in the hand is worth a bird in a cage

 Is worth a bird on a telephone wire

 Yeah a bird in the hand is worth a bird in a cage

 Is worth a bird on a telephone wire

And I may be a bird in a cage

 But it least it's your cage

And I may be a bird in a cage

 But it least it's your cage

Maybe maybe you are the only

 one my heart's desired

 But a bird in the hand is worth a bird in a cage

 Is worth a bird on a telephone wire

 Yeah a bird in the hand is worth a bird in a cage

 Is worth a bird on a telephone wire

 Yeah a bird in the hand is worth a bird in a cage

 Is worth a bird on a telephone wire