tone [G]
[Gmaj7]Why do the birds sing
So[E7] early in the dawn?
Their [Am7] honeysuckle melodies [D7]before my day's alarm
I [Gmaj7]imagine them rehearsing
For [E7]some big elaborate show
That [Am7]I've not been invited to
So[D7] I should never know
The [Gmaj7]songs they like to sing,
I[E7] supposed they're not too far
From[Am7] all the songs I sing when [D7]I'm lonely in my car
And if[Gmaj7] I were the postman[E7] I'll wait for the afternoon
I'd be[Am7] the lucky someone
[D7] eavesdropping on their tunes
But[Gmaj7] I think I like it
better when I[E7] sleep late past their call
For [Am7]all I know perhaps that
birds don't[D7] sing any at all
We all [Am7]know that,
Love comes[D7] easily to you,
But not the[Gmaj7]hurt
You're[E7] impervious to blue
I wish I [Am7]knew
How to sing [D7]about yet the colors too