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In celebration of Earth Day here is a song I wrote last year in 2024 named High On a Wire. Paul Lyons on guitar and voice. Bird recording is from the Kickapoo River in Wisconsin at dusk that I made while on a bike tour (there are seven different bird songs). Indeed, we are “burnin’ this place down.” I have a strange feeling that the birds will again outlast us.

Em7/B A7/C#  Am7 G

VERSE 1
Those are birds
that sing them songs.
Been doing that
all along .

Those are birds
that sing them songs
Quite alright
to sing along.

VERSE 2
High on a wire
they sure looked tired.
From that flying
around.

High on a wire
They sure looked tired.
Chased away
by a fire.

CHORUS 1
D C G //
We’ve been burnin’ this place down.
Just like they said we would.
Got to move now
to higher ground.
A7 // D7 //
The river’s rising all around.

VERSE 3
Up in a tree
they build a nest.
Looks like now there’s
thirty-three

Up in a tree
they dance around.
And sing their songs
because their free

CHORUS 2
D C G //
Sixty-five million years ago
her grandma once roamed these same lands.
Had a big tail and very small hands.
Never played in no rock-n-roll band.

VERSE 4
Those are birds
that sing them songs.
Been doing that
all Along.

Those are birds
that sing them songs.
If you want
just sing along.

Paul Lyons – San Francisco, CA – 6/2024

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