Sweet
little songbird sitting on a wire
Sing the fire from your belly so small
Sound waves roll and the
waves spread wide
You sing a song until it's six feet tall
Walking, stomping,
stalking down the sidewalk
Wearing clothes, standing side by side
Fly little songbirds on to the next stop
You sing a song, we look each other in the eye like
Who all can tell you not to sing your story?
Who all can tell you that
you're singing off -key?
You are the dance, you are not the dancer
You are the song, not the one who sing
Be a beautiful song, songbird
Now be a beautiful song,
songbird
Now be a beautiful song, songbird
And you tell the truth
Me woman
Trini got a wild imagination
He think dey looking
when he walk on by
He think dey world is one big mirror
Him get upset and then
he don't feel right
When he walk it's dark and stalking
down the sidewalk
Sporting clothes, strutting stride by stride
I tell him,
Trini, you are not what you consider
I stop and dare to when
I look him in the eye
Say, who all can tell you not
to sing your story?
Who all can tell you that
you're singing off key
You are the dance, you are not the dancer
You are the song, not the one who sings
Be a beautiful song, songbird
Now be a beautiful song,
songbird, songbird
Now be a beautiful song, songbird
And you tell the truth
You get upset and then you don't feel,
you don't feel right
You try to fly up straight,
then you fly up tight
We try to talk about life
like it's all in advance
Life is the dance, sir,
you are the dance
So be a beautiful song, songbird
Now, be a beautiful song,
songbird, songbird
Now, be a beautiful song, songbird
And you tell the truth
Tell the truth
truth