Loudon Wainwright III - So the Bluebirds and the Blackbirds Got Together Lyrics

Look at my doorstep Look at my doorstep
Look at the blackbirds
Look at the bluebirds
Look at the bad luck
Look at the good luck there

Never saw bluebirds mingle with blackbirds
Never saw bluebirds doing things backwards
Never knew good luck
Never would perch with care

I've overheard those birdies talking today
And I know just why they're acting this way
First the bluebird said We've got to have sunny weather
So the bluebirds and the blackbirds got together
Then the blackbirds said
We're birds of a different feather
So the bluebirds and the blackbirds got together

And when they talked it over
They let the blackbirds bring rain
And all the bluebirds then agreed
To bring the sunshine again

For we can't have rain or sunshine that lasts forever
So the bluebirds and the blackbirds got together

And when they talked it over
They let the blackbirds bring rain
And all the bluebirds then agreed
To bring the sunshine again

For we can't have rain or sunshine that lasts forever
So the bluebirds and the blackbirds got together