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A tree then whispered, "Have you heard the lullaby of the hungry bird that nests in me?"
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Every day around noon
Cadd9
Sings a particularly alluring tune
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That makes me weak

Cadd9
Hungry bird, tell me why
Cadd9                           G       Cadd9
I pray and pray and pray that I turn to seed
Cadd9
One thing that confounds me yet
Cadd9                G      Cadd9
Why I just can't let myself be free

    Am              C         D
Why sing if you got no one to hear you
    Am              C         D
Why fly if you got nowhere to go
    Am              C         D
A thousand arms from which you could choose now
   Em7
Oh, but hungry bird, claim this bough

G    Cadd9

Cadd9
Hungry bird, tell me why
Cadd9                           G       Cadd9
I pray and pray and pray that I turn to seed
Cadd9
One thing that confounds me yet
Cadd9                G      Cadd9
Why I just can't let myself be free

    Am              C         D
Why sing if you got no one to hear you
    Am              C         D
Why fly if you got nowhere to go
    Am              C         D
A thousand arms from which you could choose now
   Em7
Oh, but hungry bird, claim this bough