Hopelessly a man starts to feed your day
Once he was there you never looked back
How did you think that his words might just fade away
He's harmless enough so you let him in and now you'll pay
I can't see him but he's stalking my thoughts

How does it feel when you can't concentrate I just stare
And all of your daydreams are a seesaw for him to play on
How do you feel when he calls your name
You can plug your ears but it's not the same
How do you know when he pulls you back
Oh when he pulls you back,back, back

Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on
Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, the birdman wouldn't lie
Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, but I just can't trust him tonight

How do you forget a stranger that plagues your days
We arm ourselves when there's nothing to fear
Right? Wrong

How do you feel when he comes to pass, there's something there
But it's not quite right
How do you know, does it make you mad?
Oh it makes you mad, mad mad mad

Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on
Nobodys wrong, nobodys right, the birdman wouldn't lie
Nobodys wrong, nobodys right, its all on the other side

I feel him
I feel him close
I feel him
I feel him

Oh but how do we find?
Nobodys wrong, nobodys right, the birdman wouldn't lie
Nobodys wrong, nobodys right, people, all you people and

Nobodys wrong, nobodys right, the birdman wouldn't lie
Nobodys wrong, nobodys right, people, all you people and

Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on
Get it on and on and on
Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on
Get it on

I feel him
I feel him close
I feel him
I feel him close

I feel him
I feel him


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The Birdman Lyrics as written by Chris Eacrett Arnold Lanni

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    I really am not sure what this song means exactly, but "a girl"'s interpretations sounds like it could work. This is really an awsome song. The paranoia and frustration that is expressed in Maida's voice is very powerful and emotional. Possibly their best........ on Naveed..... next to Starseed, Naveed, Julia and Denied. Their all good.

    Bobgregon January 08, 2005   Link

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