As the Birds Are

Oh to be as the birds are Unburdened by loneliness Oh to be a shining star So far away with no regret Oh to live in some photograph Smiling and in love Far from where I said all that Shit about freedom Annie, put your weapon down I saw you last night, you were runnin round With them coyotes hollerin in the city streets They don't lay a hand on me Fancied myself the exception To almost any rule Youth is wasted on the young I was exceptionally cruel Like any person I am insecure You never judged me for that mountain You gave me love, I wasn't woman enough I just drank up the fountain Annie, put your weapon down I saw you last night, you were runnin round With them coyotes hollerin in the city streets They don't lay a hand on me They don't lay a hand on me They don't lay a hand on me