Scavenger Bird

[Verse 1]

I’m a scavenger bird

I’ve learned and unlearned

What it is I think I deserve

It’s only chance

That I should enjoy what I’ve earned

[Verse 2]

Just before night

Hovering five feet from the earth

Caught in a shroud

Trying to stand out in the murk

[Verse 3]

In the dew dropped morning

Clouds will cry

I’ll be none the wiser for staying inside

[Verse 4]

I’m a scavenger bird

I soar and search

Carrying my wings of worth

Looking for dead leaves

Or little specks of iridescent dirt

[Verse 5]

In the cold damp morning

Flowers will sigh

I'll be none the wiser

For staying inside

[Verse 6]

I’m a scavenger bird

Trying to discern

What to keep and what to burn

A little piece there

And something to spare for the worms

[Verse 7]

And then I’ll be off

Ready or not

Moving with the evening fog

Like getting pulled with the crowd

Can’t feel the ground

But you don’t try to make it stop