Matt Duke One Small Bird song lyrics

There's a small girl with her backpack

Filled with textbooks out of date

Sings a new song every block

And gets to school about ten of eight

For each hopscotch on the school lot,

There's a wall that's tagged with names,

And heavy bars conceal the windows

Etched remarks detail the frames

One small bird flew away from this earth

Wings pushing so high

But looking down on that once fragile ground,

She's happy to be in the sky

O' How the sunlight burns the pavement,

As the sweat forms on her brow

There's some shade beneath the building

And the hydrant's open now

And as they line up from their recess,

Cracking sounds disrupt the sky,

And tiny holes as big as pennies

Mark the walls as children cry

And one small bird flew away from this earth

Wings pushing so high

But looking down on that once fragile ground,

She's happy to be in the sky