there once was a bird who wanted to fly
the bird was lonely and irritable
the bird was a metaphor for you and I
on a quest for the exultant spiritable
the bird flew higher and higher and faster
the bird flew into a wall
you should always actively court disaster
that is the meaning of it all
some birds come back to life as poem
some birds come back as jabronies
some birds lie rotting in the mud alone
outside the Spartansburg Shoney's
there once was a bird climbing high on the wind
some birds end up roasted some birds end up tinned
there are birds you should worship and birds you should shun
of all of the birds jonathan livingston seagull was one
the bird was lonely and irritable
the bird was a metaphor for you and I
on a quest for the exultant spiritable
the bird flew higher and higher and faster
the bird flew into a wall
you should always actively court disaster
that is the meaning of it all
some birds come back to life as poem
some birds come back as jabronies
some birds lie rotting in the mud alone
outside the Spartansburg Shoney's
there once was a bird climbing high on the wind
some birds end up roasted some birds end up tinned
there are birds you should worship and birds you should shun
of all of the birds jonathan livingston seagull was one