The Plight of the Flightless Bird-Russian Futurists

[ti:The Plight of the Flightless Bird(From Let's Get Ready to Crumble LP)] [ar:Russian Futurists] [al:Let's Get Ready to Crumble / The Method of Modern Love] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Plight of the Flightless Bird (From Let's Get Ready to Crumble LP) - Russian Futurists [00:10.27]Hey did you ever know that songs are just some thick little words [00:15.14]And that the aeroport is just a nest of big metal birds [00:19.54]And they swoop in and out and steal us from each others' lives and [00:24.60]Tear us apart like conjoined twins under a surgeon's knives [00:28.37]An inch is a mile is a day [00:31.62] [00:32.13]And where you are is too far away [00:35.73] [00:37.90]Hey did you ever know that years are just slippery numbers [00:42.75]And that I still get chills when I hear Paul sing golden slumbers [00:47.62]Cause it reminds me of our house and how it used to snow there [00:52.32]And lets me know that I can still skip town and end up nowhere [00:56.04]An inch is a mile is a day [00:58.49] [00:59.90]And where you are is too far away [01:03.38] [01:04.50]And a drop is a puddle is a sea [01:08.28] [01:09.06]And that's further than I want to be [01:13.88]And now I read you letters and they said someday [01:19.04]We'll meet again on some empty runway [01:23.60]And watch the planes they circle like peregrine [01:28.42] [01:28.98]Falcons do and carry us there again [01:32.92]An inch is a mile is a day [01:35.79] [01:36.82]And where you are is too far away [01:41.35]And a drop is a puddle is a sea [01:45.04] [01:45.86]And that's further than I want to be [01:50.90]I sent a letter and it said someday [01:55.88]We'll meet again on some crowded runway [02:00.41]And watch the planes they circle like birds of prey [02:05.11]And as you left I thought that I heard you say [02:09.80]An inch is a mile is a day [02:12.65] [02:13.47]And where you live is too far away