[Verse 1]
Walking round Chicago
I have smuggled you as cargo
Though you are far away unknowing
By the time we get to Salt Lake
I have packed you in my suitcase
Ironed the creases from my own remembering
[Chorus]
She said, "Bird, oh why?"
[Verse 2]
We wound our way to Texas
And I summoned remote hexes
And I sent them across dust and oceans
In Phoenix, Arizona I had the notion I might phone you
But there it lived and died a notion
[Chorus]
She said, "Bird, oh why?"
And I said, "Bird, oh why?"
[Post-Chorus]
Oh my satellite
Oh my passenger
[Verse 3]
We came up on Ohio
I have you chewed on like a biro
You are a sum I am no closer to deciphering
We came to Minneapolis
All fizzy blood and twitchy fists
I buried you in a day of snowing
[Chorus]
She said, "Bird, oh why?"
And I said, "Bird, oh why?"
[Post-Chorus]
Oh my satellite
Oh my passenger
Oh my satellite
Oh my passenger
Passenger was written by Lisa Hannigan.
Passenger was produced by Joe Henry.
Lisa Hannigan released Passenger on Tue Sep 20 2011.