The cardinal is the state bird of seven different states I've been to each one of them, I think The license plates of those seven different states Is buried inside a box in the apartment of my father You wouldn't believe the seasonal breeze Of living next to the river The cold did shiver us But your chickadee is not granivorous Tony wants to kill the cardinal I've been thinking what you mean to me Thеre's other birds out therе singing you their songs But you chose me We drove at night through the storm And in the morning called upon the cardinal In the end I'll see you there I hate when songs are condescending Springtime with the cardinal