Neil Jordan - Birdfly Paper lyrics

rate me

I am stuck in L.A. through the week and can't get away

And you're alone on the pier in West Palm Beach on your holiday

Stormy nights, re-awake the stomach ache

That I've acquired, from feeling down

Things look grim and I'm so sick of being tired

Apartment lights go dark and its depressing

But what can I do?

The midnight streets feel dead

When I am so used to driving with you

Brighter lights fill the night

And bluer skies reflect in your eyes

As I inspect and analyze

All of these dreams I don't recognize

If you're still up when the ships in the port prepare to set sail

Comb the beach and put those blue flowers up in your ponytail

Inside my head your voice is still resounding but what can I do?

The empty rooms feel cold when I am so used to being with you

Count the stars, watch the waves absorb the summer sun

And think of me when you explore hidden coves

And tiny island chains throughout the sea

Can you still, hear my voice

When I'm outside, from over the phone?

For what it's worth, darling dear

I wish you were here, 'cause I feel alone

When you were home we'd sing

But since you've left I don't hear anything

Though I feel so sad

I can't believe things are really that bad

Old captains and brand new cruise ships

Sailing over the briny sea

When I crashed my beloved desk job

And swim through the debris

I'll cut loose leave this mad house

Bound for the Atlantic blue

I'll stroll down your treelined driveway

And sail the ocean with you

Affection, the gifted architect,

Is making a draft and beautiful design

The options and possibilities

Are endless when we connect and re-align

Collections of books and documents

Arise and parade around my cluttered desk

Reworking the math and measurements

Until I'm convinced these plans are picturesque

Like mountains in the Midwest

Reaction creates the columns dark

And wide like the roads around Fort Lauderdale

The structures begin to take their shape

Before I've designed the public monorail

The turnpike and high-speed motorway

Connect and enclose the quaint suburban streets

The airport, the broad suspension bridge

The lake and the beach where several rivers meet

Compounded from the spreadsheet

A city sparkles in the night

How can it glow so bright?

The neighborhoods surround the soft florescent light

Designer skyline in my head

Abstract and still well-read

You went from numbered lines to buildings overhead

I brush my teeth, and look in the mirror

And laugh out loud as I'm beaming from ear to ear

I'd rather pick flowers instead of fights

And rather than flaunt my style

I'd flash you a smile of clean pearly whites

I've been to the dentist a thousand times so I know the drill

I smooth my hair, sit back in the chair

But somehow I still get the chills

"Have a seat" he says pleasantly

As he shakes my hand, and practically laughs at me

"Open up nice and wide" he says peering in

With a smirk he says "don't have a fit this'll just pinch a bit"

As he tries not to grin

When hygienists leave on long vacations

that's when dentists scream and lose their patience

Talking only brings the tooth aches on

Because I say the stupidest things

So if my resolve goes South

I'll swallow my pride with an aspirin, and shut my mouth

Golf and alcohol don't mix

And that's why I don't drink and drive

Because, good grief I'd knock out my teeth

And have to kiss my smile goodbye

I've been to the dentist a thousand times so I know the drill

I smooth my hair, sit back in the chair

But somehow I still get the chills

I opened my eyes last night and saw you in the low light

Walking down by the bay, on the shore, staring up at the stars that aren't there anymore

I was feeling the night grow old and you were looking so cold

So like an introvert, I drew my over shirt

Around my arms and began to shiver violently before

You happened to look and see the tunnels all around me

Running into the dark underground

All the subways around create a great sound

To my motion fatigue, farewell with your ear to a seashell

You can hear the waves in underwater caves

As if you actually were inside a saltwater room

Time together isn't ever quite enough

When you and I are alone, I've never felt so at home

What will it take to make or break this hint of love?

Only time, only time

Can you believe that the crew has gone and wouldn't let me sign on?

All my islands have sunk in the deep, so I can hardly relax or even oversleep

I feel warm with your hand when we walk along the shoreline

I guess I'll never know why sparrows love the snow

We'll turn off all of the lights and set this ballroom aglow

So tell me darling, do you wish we'd fall in love?

Yeah, all the time, all the time

Time together isn't ever quite enough

When you and I are alone, I've never felt so at home

What will it take to make or break this hint of love?

Only time, only time

When we're apart whatever are you thinking of?

If this is what I call home, why does it feel so alone?

So tell me darling, do you wish we'd fall in love?

All the time, all the time

Time together isn't ever quite enough

When we're apart whatever are you thinking of?

What will it take to make or break this hint of love?

So tell me darling, do you wish we'd fall in love?

All the time

Oh all the time

Please take a long hard look

Through your text book cause I'm history

When I strap my helmet on I'll be long gone

Cause I've been dying to leave

Yeah, I'll ride the range

And hide all my loose change in my bedroom

Cause riding a dirt bike down a turn pike

Always takes its toll on me

I've had just about enough

Of quote "diamonds in the rough"

Because my back-bone is paper thin

Get me out of this cavern or I'll cave in

(I'll cave in, I'll cave in...)

If the bombs go off the sun will still be shining

(The sun will still be shining)

Because I've heard it said that

Every mushroom cloud has a silver lining

(Though I'm always under mining to deep to know)

Swallow a drop of gravel and blacktop

Cause the road tastes like Wintergreen

The wind and rain smell of oil and octane

Mixed with stale gasoline

I'll soak up the sound

Try to sleep on the wet ground

I'll get ten minutes give or take

Cause I just don't foresee myself getting drowsy

When cold integrity keeps me wide awake

(Awake, awake, awake, awake...)

Get me out of this cavern or I'll cave in

(Cave in, cave in, cave in, cave in...)

Get me out of this cavern or I'll cave in

(Cave in, cave in, cave in, cave in...)

I'll keep my helmet on

Just in case my head caves in

(In case my head caves in)

Cause if my thoughts collapse

Or my framework snaps

It'll make a mess like you wouldn't believe

Tie my handle bars to the stars

So I stay on track (so I stay on track)

And if my intentions trail I'll wrench them away

Then I'll take my leave and I won't even look back

I won't even look back

Where was I when the rockets came to life

And carried you away into the alligator sky

Even though, I'll never know what's up ahead

I'm never lettin' go, I'm never lettin' go

Uh uh, that's not a plane, that's me

I'm sittin' where I'm supposed to

Floatin' on the cloud, can't nobody come close to

The concrete and the sky switch places

So now my ceiling is painted with cosmic spaces

Firecracker to the moon, keep your eyes shut

Blastin' off like a rocket from the ground up

Heh, I used to catch a cab on the Monday

Now the taxi's sellin' lights on the runway, fly

Condo on the milky way

A house on the cloud and God's my landlord

And for my rent all I pay is my drive

Got that so If you need me you can find me in the alligator sky

Where was I when the rockets came to life

And carried you away into the alligator sky

Even though I'll never know what's up ahead

I'm never lettin' go, I'm never lettin' go

Roller coaster through the atmosphere

I'm drowning in this starry serenade

Where ecstasy becomes cavalier

My imagination's taking me away

Reverie whispered in my ear

I'm scared to death that I'll never be afraid

Roller coaster through the atmosphere

My imagination's taking me away

Uh, now I'mma dance like I never dance

Sing like I never sing, dream like I've never dreamed

Or try to, 'cause we've been lied to

That the sun is somethin' that we can't fly to

Well, I sit on my star and see street lights

Look up, ha, you'll miss me if you blink twice

Imagination is hot and if you got it you can meet me

When you see me in the alligator sky

Where was I when the rockets came to life

And carried you away into the alligator sky?

Even though I'll never know what's up ahead

I'm never lettin' go, I'm never lettin' go

Where was I when the rockets came to life

And carried you away into the alligator sky?

Even though I'll never know what's up ahead

I'm never lettin' go, I'm never lettin' go

In the alligator sky...