Torin Franklin - For the Birds Lyrics

Well if you were to split me down the middle
Half of me would stay and play the second fiddle
Tuck my shirt in, stand up straight, and learn to color in between the lines
But the other half of me would hit the road and chase the neon signs
You say you want to see me eye to eye
Chances are that you would be a fool to even try
You want to see the best in me, but I'm a seeing two of you
Barking up a dead tree, ain't you nothing better to do
I owe half the town my money
I ain't been paid in a month of Sundays
I'm pretty sure the crowd is starting to suspect the worst in me
But if you got a problem with my words, you ain't gotta listen mama
This one's for the birds
Tonight I'm getting so high, they'll be my only company
Tired of your life that's nice and sterile
There's plenty of room down at the bottom of the barrel
Where I heard they got a big boy summoning the devil on an upright bass
Tattooed dark-haired women spinning, setting fire to the place
Heart full of desire, mama why would you deny it
It's never hard to find if you really want to try it
It only costs a little but believe me, a little goes a really long way
Thought you made out like a bandit, but you still got the devil to pay
And I owe half the town my money
Follow me around cause I sing so funny
But I'm pretty sure they're all getting kinda privy to the way I am
Well if you got a problem with my words, you ain't gotta listen mama
This one's for the birds
Tonight I'm getting so high, they'll be the only thing I see
Yeah tonight I'm getting so high mama
It's nothing but the birds and me
Now the feeling's long gone and I left you cold and lonely
You been living wrong but you could make it right if only
A friend could help you score just a little bit more
To help you make it though the day
Just don't go crying to your sugar daddy
How'd you let me end up this way
And every night's the same old story
I'll be home soon, honey, don't you worry
Run and tell the man, so we can do it all again the very next day
Some things don't change, in case you haven't heard
But you don't want to listen mama
This one's for the birds
Tonight I'm getting so high, I'm never coming down again, you wait and see
Tonight I'm getting so high mama, it's nothing but the birds and me