Lyrics

I wish I could swing by to have coffee sometime
But i'm a whole day's drive away from my hometown
I look out my window, there's a bird on the wire
And I remember it's been awhile since i've called you

I shuffle to the kitchen and I grind my own beans
just the way that you like it with sugar and creme
and I imagine you home in your favorite chair
a warm mug in your hand and dust in the air

Momma does a bird sing songs when it's lonely?
Momma, do they sing alone in their nest?
Alone in their cage?

I think you tell me you like the quiet so that i'm not concerned
For the homemaker who is done making the home
Do you ever daydream of surprise birthday plans
sleepovers, lunchpails and Disneyland?

Momma does a bird sing songs when it's lonely?
Momma, do they sing alone in their nest?
Momma does a bird sing songs in the sunlight
when their fledglings have left for good?

The love of my life nestles up to me
She bats her wide eyes and says she wants a baby
And I think of the story when you told my father
Of the young boy who would one day love his mother

Momma does a bird sing songs when it's lonely?
Momma, do they sing alone in their nest?
Momma does a bird sing soft in the twilight
when their fledglings have left for good?