D                           G
I don't wanna drive a fancy car today
              Bm         A    G9
I don't wanna ride in a red corvette
D                      G
I don't wanna jog my Saturday away
       Bm          A       G
But I don't wanna go home yet

[Verse 2]
D                         G
Today is not the day to jump out of a plane
               Bm          A     G
I don't wanna parasail or play roulette 
D                         G
I don't wanna risk it all or go insane
      Bm          A       G
But I don't wanna go home yet

[Chorus]
                 G          D
I just want to watch the birds go by
from my handy foldable blue canvas throne
          G         D
I wanna watch them fly and fly
And see them soar up into the unknown
         G                              Bm                            D
But I'd feel just like a nerd, watching birds, watching me here all alone

[Verse 3]
D                             G
I don't wanna break dance or learn tai Kwon do
               Bm                 A       G
I don't wanna fish till all the fish are gone
D                           G   
I don't wanna roller skate even if it's slow
               Bm            A    G
I don't wanna pass out in a marathon

[Verse 4]
D                          G 
I don't like soccer, baseball track or field
        Bm          A      G
I'm not up for a match of polo
D                      G
I don't wanna seek or try to stay concealed 
      Bm       A       G
I'm also not up for... water polo

[Chorus]
              G          D
I just wanna watch the birds up there
Track the migratory patterns that they flow
           G         D
I wanna watch them from my chair
With my binoculars, my latte and my phone
 G                             Bm                        D
Trying to spot a lark in the park parked in nature all alone


[Bridge]
A                                    G                           Bm                     G
Alone here with the doves and the sparrows and the ospreys, the owlets, the eagles and mynas
           A                     G                           Bm                            A
It's just me and mr finch, the robins, the kingfishers, the snipes, though I heard they don't exist
G                                D                          D7 
Each little species and it's little way can teach me what awaits you if you can get away
         G          D                 A
I wanna watch the birds do what they will