The Night Before Your Birthday

On the night before your birthday I sat down to write this song But I was, I wasn't sure what to say Afraid these words'll come out wrong That you will always be my darlin' To the end, end of measured time Like that pair of nestin' starlings We're growin' more and more entwined How the hell did you know When all you know is what you don't know? Stumble in the wilderness Birds Instinct finally worked for once Or was it just, or was it just dumb luck? And it's not like strikin' lightnin' (Not like strikin' lightnin') That keeps breakin' Heaven's vows (Breakin' Heaven's vows) Or that slow and vicious tightenin' (Slow and vicious tightenin') That what the heart allows (What the heart allows) I could count the ways I love you But I was never for maths While the heavens up above you Keep gettin' filled with sociopaths Oh, siestas in June Cat-like repose Lightnin' in the afternoon Lizards on the tile Music from another room Let's just linger, let's just linger for a while On the night before your birthday I sat down to write this song But I wasn't sure what to say Afraid these words'll come out wrong