Glimpse me, squeeze me, see if I'm real Tangible fauna, slippery eel Chart me and dart me, faint dot on the screen On the urban savannah of Paddington Green I am the wild beast, tiny part of the herd Flock, shoal and theatre of the absurd Compare us to lemmings, death wish contemplation Or in mindlessly happy sweet murmuration Wheeling and whirling, in social display Free flight celebration of synchronous play Irresponsible echoes best heard and not seen Over urban savannah of Paddington Green I have a faint folk memory of trees, lush meadows Right here on this spot where dust gathers and blows Threatening species, we turned in on ourselves Like others before us, now left on the shelves Wheeling and whirling, in social display Free flight celebration of synchronous play Irresponsible echoes best heard and not seen Over urban savannah of Paddington Green But hey, we had glorious times of sweet ignorance Reveling in shady, shared points of indifference Adjacent cracked flyover, silent, serene By the urban savannah of Paddington Green By the urban savannah of Paddington Green Of Paddington Green, of Paddington Green Of Paddington Green