Songbird Video (MV)

You said that you were evergreen
As sturdy as these trees
Your loving wasn't one to come and go right with the breeze
I went and leapt before I looked
I liked those lovely words
You sang a siren's melody, the kind for calling birds
You lured me right into your hand
The wild thing you caught
You said I'm quick to learn
And I was quite carefully taught
Of course you had to go and take a hammer to my walls
You made me sing my heart out, and I guess that's all my fault
Wrapped up in your thistled wire
But songbirds learn to spot a liar (Two, three, four)
I see your snares and huntsman's traps you thought you could disguise
I felt my way to freedom when you covered up my eyes
And I'll be off to Georgia by the nearest light of day
I hate to have to tell ya
But your songbird flew away
And now I get to venture out
Completely on my own
Anonymously golden, flying free in the unknown
But you bring up my favorite song, the way I take my tea
The little things you cling to bring you leverage over me
A momentary lapse in my inimitable mind
I wish that it was truly that impeccably designed
There's comfort in complacency
If you can take the hurt
I took it till my buckled bones
Were ground right down to dirt
But your caged canary, dear
Will leave no corpse to bury here
I know your snares and huntsman's traps a little bit too well
The girls I know weave warning signs in stories that they tell
So I'll be back to Georgia by the nearest light of day
There's nothing to be done now
Cause your songbird flew away
It serves me as a small relief
To know that you'll remember me
In every silhouette you see
I'll follow you
The songs I liked
The way I looked
The sweet perfume that had you hooked
The piece of girlhood that you took
Will follow you
You laid your snares and huntsman's traps a little bit too late
And if you want me back again, go take it up with fate
Cause I was off to Georgia by the nearest light of day (You tell him!)
Somebody oughta tell ya
Why your songbird flew away
(I'll follow you)
I saw the warning signs, I saw
(I'll follow you)
I saw the warning signs, I saw
(I'll follow you)
(I'll be back to Georgia)
I saw the warning signs, I saw
(I'll be back to Georgia)
I'll follow you