Intro: Verse The birds Are the kee - pers of our se - cret As they saw us where we lay In the dee - pest grass of spring - time In a reck - less guil - ty haze And they wove a sweet in - diff - erence And it set - tled on our skin Till the eyes that I re - mem - bered For the last time drew me in Break: Verse The birds Though I wore your gla - cial pa - tience To a smudge of bi - tter dust On the last day you em - braced me With a gliste - ning sap - ling trust Did they sing a mill - ion ble - ssings As they watched us slow - ly part Do they keep those fi - nal ki - sses In their ti - ny ra - cing hearts Instrumental: Bridge What are we gonna do with you... Same tale, every time What are we gonna do with you, come on inside Looking back is for the birds What are we gonna do with you... Same tale, every time What are we gonna do with you, come on inside Looking back is for the birds What are we gonna do with you... Same tale, every time What are we gonna do with you, come on inside Looking back is for the birds What are we gonna do with you... Same tale, every time What are we gonna do with you, come on inside Looking back is for the birds Instrumental: Verse Ohhhhhh, the birds Are the kee - pers of our se - cret As they saw us where we lay In the dee - pest grass of spring - time In a reck - less guil - ty haze Did they sing a mill - ion ble - ssings As they watched us slow - ly part Do they keep those fi - nal ki - sses In their ti - ny ra - cing hearts What are we gonna do with you... Looking back is for the birds What are we gonna do with you... Outro Oohooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Oohooh-ooh, ooh ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh