There’s a bird in the tree
Jenny said as she died.
It sings just for you
said the boy as he cried.
The bird looking down
saw the two children there
but then he flew away as if he didn’t care
they were crying,
Jenny was dying.
And it happened so fast
and the story’s too sad
but I still can recall
all the times that we had.
And the way that you smiled
and the way that you laughed,
it was over so soon
yeah it happened so fast
babe I’m crying, the feeling is dying.
But I cannot leave this place.
And I cannot see your face anymore,
that’s for sure.
The way life works out
yeah it’s funny sometimes
how we sit in our boxes
and think of our rhymes
and we bury the children
six feet underground
and the whole world turns out
to see Jenny go down
and they’re crying,
the children are dying.
And you wanted so much
’till you just could not see
the way that your love
stuck its needles in me.
Would you ever forget
all the things that I gave?
Would you come if I called,
would you dance on my grave
if I’m dying?
I never stop trying.
I’m beat up and bruised
by all life’s cruel blows
so don’t send an excuse
I don’t want none of those.
My friends and my family
have all gathered ’round.
They’ve put on their best clothes
they’ve all gone to town
and they’re smiling,
the flags are all flying.
And I call my dog Jesus
’cause she died for me
and I think she turned into
that bird in the tree
and he sings in the driveway,
he sings on the lawn,
yeah he sings everyday
for a little girl gone.
He’s not flying,
the children keep dying.