Story Behind The Song
I'm raising other people's children! They are left behind as a result of irresponsible parents due to their self centered life styles.
Song Description
Let empathy guide you rather than self needs. Quit sucking the life out of everyone you come in contact with. Quit talking about yourself. Take a nurturing interest in all you approach. Learn to love rather than destroy.
| Song Length |
4:00 |
Genre |
Blues - Modern, Rock - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled, Diplomatic |
Subject |
Encouragement, Healing |
| Similar Artists |
The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Bonnie Raitt |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1980 - 1989 |
| |
Lyrics
Lone bird on a telephone wire, hanging out above. On a cold, cold, cold wet day. So where are all the others, don't you ever huddle up with your own kind? On a cold wet day?
Have you ruffled all their feathers, is your beak a bit too sharp? So is every bird who is like you, have such a cold, cold, cold, heart?
Lone bird on a wire, have you ever wondered why the others just aren't there? On a cold cold, night. So when you're needing the most, and there is really no more seed to give to you, oh you think it's all for you. Do the other birds of feather, just ignore what you must say? Cuz, they've heard it all before now...its just all about you, and your selfish ways.
Don't you wish you could just start all over? And make it all begin, in a new fresh way?