Cuckoo Song

It may sound funny

But when your love is nearly new

You say, "I'll try," rather than, "I do"

I'll try to get there in the end

The cuckoo is a pretty bird

It sings the sweetest song I've ever heard

It reminds me how you stole into my heart and threw everything away

It's outrageous, so shoddy

The way you're making love to someone else's body

And I know we said we won't

But you can call me when you want

And you know I'll always bear

Thought you'd like to know I still think you are the most

But you left me living here married to a ghost

It gets so cold at nighttime

So cold at nighttime

Sometimes dreams come true

One night when the moon is blue

I may come to you

With a love that's nearly new

Oh, my love

I tried to love you

But I guess I'm out of practice

And practising is strictly for the birds

Yes, the cuckoo is a pretty bird

It sings the sweetest song I've ever heard

And it reminds me how you stole into my heart, then threw everything away

Then you stay

It's outrageous, it's disgraceful

The way that you and I could end up being so tasteful

And my flesh can go and crawl

Halfway up the bathroom wall

And you, you know I'm always there

I thought you'd like to know I still think you are the most

But you left me living here forever married to a ghost

Oh, it gets so cold at nighttime

I never knew it got so cold at nighttime

But sometimes dreams come true

So one night when the moon is blue

Then I may come to you

With a love that's nearly new