[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G C
I don't wanna drive a fancy car today
Bm
I don't wanna ride in a red corvette
G C
I don't wanna jug my Saturday away
Bm
But I don't wanna go home yet
[Verse 2]
G C
Today is not the day to jump out of a plane
Bm
I don't wanna parasail or play roulette
G C
I don't wanna risk it all or go insane
Bm
But I don't wanna go home yet
[Chorus]
G
I don't wanna watch the birds go by
Bm C
From my handy foldable blue canvas throne
G
I wanna watch them fly and fly
Bm C C#7
And see them soar up into the unknown
But I'd feel just like a nerd
Watching birds
Watching me here all alone
G
[Verse 3]
C
I don't wanna breakdance or learn taekwondo
Bm
I don't wanna fish till all the fish are gone
G C
I don't wanna roller skate even if it's slow
Bm
I don't wanna pass out in a marathon
[Verse 4]
G C
I don't like soccer baseball track or field
Bm
I'm not up for a match of polo
G C
I don't wanna seek or try to stay concealed
Bm
I'm also not up for water polo
[Chorus]
G
I just wanna watch the birds up there
C
Track the migratory patterns that they flow
G
I wanna watch them from my chair
Bm C
With my binoculars my latte and my phone
Trying to spot a lark in the park parked in nature all alone
G
[Bridge]
D C Bm C
Alone here with the doves and the sparrows and the ospreys the owlets the eagles and mynas
D C Gadd9 D
It's just me and mr finch the robins the kingfishers the snipes though I heard they don't exist
Bm
Each little species and it's little way can teach me what awaits you if you can get away
G
I wanna watch the birds do what they will
Bm G C
Sorry if I'm ornithologically prone
G
I wanna watch from somewhere undisturbing quiet calm still
Bm C C#7
Sit right here and gaze at the unknown
C#maj7
I don't wanna fly in the sky I just wanna be alone
C#maj7 G
I just wanna be alone