The Absence of Birds

There's a drum beat and a verse

Floodin' my street, and the girls, they seem ecstatic

This time it's not on them to take the blame for the commotion

In the front seat of the car you left out here

I've spent far too many hours, still can't drive

Just playin' through these tapes till it gets light outside

These are things I shouldn't do

Just wish I was close to you

Instead a block party with neighbors

These amplified words

And the absence of birds

Roll down the windows, not a choice, find the end

Though I bet these boys will keep on dancin' all night

For once they're not the ones bein' blamed for the commotion

Like the drum beat, like the noise loves the concrete

I hope this voice while it still lingers

This song escapes the tape

To reach your distant ears where it belongs

These are things I shouldn't say

These are things I shouldn't do

These are things I shouldn't say

Just wish I was close to you

Instead this block party with neighbors

These amplified words

And the absence of birds