Mama Bird

What's in that tree?
Is that a mama bird I see?
Is she laying on her eggs?
Is she worried about the breaks?
Is she acting like a wild thing
Doing whatever it takes
So we don't get too close

Who's driving in that car?
I see a lady going far
Away from her home
She's expecting a storm
The last time he broke in
Her windows and the kids
Had the coldest winter

Yeah, she takes care of her babies
And all this love
I don't know what to make of
Another life she is saving
And all this hope
Oh, we've got to help her stay afloat

Downtown I see a girl
Who's holding
The weight of the world
Oh her soft, strong back

And oceans of feelings come over me
And I watch her closer
As the silence holds her
As she combs their hair
Singing: There, there, there, there, there
It's a dangerous night
Oh, but it's gonna be alright

Yeah, she takes care of her babies
And all this love
I don't know what to make of
Another life she is saving
And all this hope
Oh, we got to help her stay afloat