BLUE PARAKEET
1.
When we first met, you said I was sweet,
we each thought the other, couldn't be beat.
No matter what we did, it was really a treat,
you even fell in love, with my blue parakeet.
2.
My blue parakeet was a really neat bird,
it made the sweetest sounds, that I'd ever heard.
When I was lonely, I talked to that bird,
and the bird talked back, and I liked what I heard.
3.
Like my blue parakeet, I put you in a cage,
when I wouldn't let you out, you flew into a rage.
Your feathers got ruffled, I even offered you a ring,
but no matter what I did, you just wouldn't sing.
4.
You closed your beak, and you would not eat,
No matter what I did, our hearts didn't meet.
I gave you tasty things but you closed your beak,
and when I asked you why, you just wouldn't speak.
5.
Life is a prison when you live in a rage
it's worse than being a bird in a cage.
You wouldn't eat or drink, or sing no more,
so, before you died, I opened your door.
6.
No, I couldn't stand to see you so blue.
When I opened that cage, out the door you flew.
Now you're trying your wings with somebody new,
while I sit in the cage, that I built for you.
7.
My parakeet's caged, and I'm caged too,
but I finally knew what I had to do.
The very same thing that I did for you
by opening its door to a life that's new.
8.
When I opened its door, it flew to a seat
in front of a mirror, to kiss, a blue parakeet.
Its got a new song, that can't be beat.
I wonder what it's saying, it sure sounds sweet.
9.
As the years go by and I begin to age
I often look at that empty cage,
and I wonder where you are, and I wonder with who
but I'm sure you're happier, whatever you do.
10.
No, I just couldn't stand to see you so blue,
so I did the very best, I could do for you.
Wherever you are, I know your song is sweet
since I opened the door for my blue parakeet.
11. (slowly, softly)
No.....I just couldn't stand....to see you so blue....
....so....I did the very best...I could do for you....
now....wherever you are......I know your song is sweet...
...since I opened the door....for my blue parakeet...
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...since, I opened the door....
... for my bue parakeet.