Sweet Bird of Truth (Live)

[Verse 1]

Six o'clock in the morning

I'm the last person in this plane still awake

You know I can almost smell the blood washing against the shores

Of this land that can't forget its past

Oh, the wind that carries this plane is the wind of change

Heaven-sent and hell-bent

Over the mountaintops we go, just like all the other G.I. Joes

E-I-E-I, adios

[Chorus]

This is your captain calling

(With an urgent warning)

We're above the Gulf of Arabia

(Our altitude is falling)

And I can't hold her up

(There's no time for thinking)

All hands on deck

(This bird is sinking)

[Verse 2]

Across the beaches and cranes, rivers and trains

All the money I've made, bodies I've maimed

Time was when I seemed to know

Just like any other G.I. Joe

Should I cry like a baby, or die like a man?

While the planet's little wars start joining hands

Oh, what a heaven, what a hell

You know there's nothing can be done in this whole wide world

[Verse 3]

I don't know what's wrong or right

I'm just a regular guy with bottled up insides

I ain't ever been to church or believed in Jesus Christ

But I'm praying that God's with you when you die

[Chorus]

This is your captain calling

(With an urgent warning)

We're above the Gulf of Arabia

(Our altitude is falling)

And I can't hold her up

(There's no time for thinking)

All hands on deck

(This bird is sinking)

[Outro]

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[Spoken]

Thank you

Now, it's often been said

That I write music for small bedrooms but spacious minds

So you gotta imagine that we're all in one big bedroom

We're all friends, we may not know each other's names

But what we'd all like to see from this stage is people singing along

Because sometimes I forget the words and I do lip read

So don't be shy

Feel free to sing and enjoy yourself