Hummingbird

[Verse 1: Aimee Mann]

In the woods we lit a fire

And we watched a wary deer walk by

The trees were restless, moving underbrush

And clouds were banking in the sky

But I got a message from the hummingbird

He gave me a warning in disguise

He told me they're marching on Monsanto

But the same monolithic structures rise

[Verse 2: Ted Leo]

In the garden we sat writing

To the rush of highway noise beside

Lonesome bees ignored the sirens

While remembering their dancing guide

[Chorus: Aimee Mann and Ted Leo]

But I got a message from the hummingbird

He gave me a warning in disguise

He told me they're marching on the Capitol

With wings at their back

And fear in their eyes

[Chorus: Aimee Mann and Ted Leo]

There's sage and glove and distant waters

But there's no map home for Memory's daughters

Do the darting thoughts of gods have dreams like ours?

[Verse 3: Ted Leo]

On the tarmac rows of pirouetting jets wait gravely in their lanes

While from our windows, getting higher we see hybrids wandering the plains

[Chorus: Aimee Mann and Ted Leo]

But I got a message from the hummingbird

He gave me a warning in disguise

He told me they're barking at their shadows

While the same monolithic structures rise

I got a message from the hummingbird