Birdbrained

[Verse 1]
In my younger days, I was much older then
I swam in Edens of amoebas on a planet
Same as this one with the spineless and the miserable
And from the water's edge, stuck out my birdbrain's head
As the yolk spilled from the egg, I washed the jelly from my legs
And joined the upright and the uptight and the miserable

[Chorus 1]
I'll change my form, a billion years
Respond to every conditioning
The world is old, but still naive
The way I've tried to be

[Verse 2]
Resort to jaded ways, (we had) we had excuses made
When I'm gnarled like Nicodemus, I'll need someone to attend me
Can I count on you to do this?
A quite untreatable prolonged inevitable
(We have) Something crawled out from my head
I washed the dirt off from its face
And joined the upright and the uptight and the miserable

[Chorus 2]
My grace deforms before you, dear
I take whatever you give to me
The world is old, but bored to tears
And I don't want to be

[Bridge]
(Oh)
No better time, no certain place
It's a lonely life in an empty nest
In a new incubative mother's breast
The world's a worm in the beak at best
And I don't wanna be
Oh, oh
Oh, oh

[Verse 3]
And as the yolk spilled from the egg, as the egg fell from the ledge
As my wings were molting off, I felt a sense of dread
When I waddled in disgrace back towards my nesting place
Join the spineless and the timeless and the cynical

[Chorus 1]
I'll change my form, a billion years
Respond to every conditioning
The world is old, but still naive
The way I've tried to be
Oh, oh
Oh, oh

[Outro]
So when you wash the dirt off from your face
Well, I don't want to see