In Our Talons-Bowerbirds

[00:00.91]In Our Talons - Bowerbirds [00:18.20]And the warbler sings: [00:21.32]deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet! [00:25.70]And the sparrow sings: [00:28.57]deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet! [00:32.81]Through the wheels, through the wheels on the interstate, [00:40.79]And hear no refrain. [00:50.23] [01:01.24]And the beetles creep [01:04.03]deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet! [01:08.62]On the crippled trees, [01:11.82]deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet! [01:16.38]And they look down to where the soil must have been, wondering. [01:28.67] [01:30.47]And no, youre not alone. No, my cousins, you're not alone. [01:41.33] [01:42.18]Youre in our talons now, and we're never letting go. [01:48.60] [02:11.57]And the branches bend [02:14.33]deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet! [02:18.67]To the growing sea. [02:21.86]deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet! [02:26.10]And they ask, and they ask it to spread their seeds, [02:34.19]For they know they're drowning. [02:38.80] [02:40.83]And no, youre not alone. No, my cousins, youre not alone. [02:51.42] [02:52.39]You're in our talons now, and were never letting go. [02:59.27] [03:03.53]You're in our headlights, frozen, and no were not stopping. [03:10.21] [03:14.84]You may not believe but even we were scared at first. [03:25.71]It takes a lot of nerve to destroy this wondrous earth. [03:32.19] [03:36.52]We're only human, [03:39.07] [03:40.91]this at least weve learned [03:44.67]