The Birds

Franz Ferdinand

Compositor: Alex Kapranos

What release
From judgement
Back into the flock
Another mangey pigeon
Peckin' at the crumbs
From the bums
Of George Square
Anonymous
As anonymous as no-one

No, the birds don't care
What the birds have done
That this one's here
Or that one's gone
We all do things
That we wish we hadn't done
Thank you for accepting me
Despite what I have done

Is that what we want to be with?
Others who know
Who understand who we are
What we've done
I say: Fine! What about it? You've done time
Oh, yeah, the time's been done
We all do things
That we wish we hadn't done

No, the birds don't care
What the birds have done
Thank you for accepting me
Despite what I have done
Thank you for accepting me
The man that I've become
Alright