Intro: D
Verse:
D G
I don't wanna drive a fancy car today
Bm A Gm7
I don't wanna ride in a red corvette
D G
I don't wanna jog my Saturday away
Bm A Gm7
But I don't wanna go home yet
D G
Today is not the day to jump out of a plane
Bm A Gm7
I don't wanna parasail or play roulette
D G
I don't wanna risk it all or go insane
Bm A Gm7
But I don't wanna go home yet
Chorus:
G D
I just want to watch the birds go by
Gm6 Bm Bm7
From my handy foldable blue canvas throne
G D
I wanna watch them fly and fly
Gm6 Bm Bm7
And see them soar up into the unknown
G Gm D
But I'd feel just like a nerd, watching birds, watching me here all alone
Verse:
D G
I don't wanna break dance or learn tai Kwon do
Bm A Gm7
I don't wanna fish till all the fish are gone
D G
I don't wanna roller skate even if it's slow
Bm A Gm7
I don't wanna pass out in a marathon
D G
I don't like soccer, baseball track or field
Bm A Gm7
I'm not up for a match of polo
D G
I don't wanna seek or try to stay concealed
Bm A Gm7
I'm also not up for... water polo
Chorus:
G D
I just wanna watch the birds up there
Gm6 Bm Bm7
Track the migratory patterns that they flow
G D
I wanna watch them from my chair
Gm6 Bm Bm7
With my binoculars, my latte and my phone
G Gm D
Trying to spot a lark in the park parked in nature all alone
Bridge:
A G
Alone here with the doves and the sparrows and the ospreys
Bm G
The owlets, the eagles and my list
A G
It's just me and Mr. Finch, the robins, the kingfishers
Bm A
The snipes, though I heard they don't exist
G D
Each little species in its little way can teach me
D7 G9
What awaits you if you can get away
Chorus:
G D
I wanna watch the birds do what they will
Gm6 Bm Bm7
Sorry if I'm ornithologically prone
G D
I wanna watch from somewhere undisturbing, quiet, calm and still
Gm6 Bm Bm7
Sit right here and gaze at the unknown
Finale:
G A
I don't wanna fly in the sky, I just wanna be alone.
A
D
I just wanna be alone?