Sparrow - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

I took a lover in the summer, in the summer

Ooh, sweet sparrow-song

Come winter, come winter, I lost my lover

Just like the birds, she'd up and gone

But when she left, she left with a promise

Ooh, she would not be long

And I'd know she was comin', I'd only to listen

Ooh, for sparrow-song

They say that what goes up

Usually comes back down

Sometimes the silence just rings out, rings out, rings out

Rings out

Elsewhere in the county, a council was votin'

Ooh, sweet sparrow-song

The trees had an illness, they wanted a quick fix

A chemical treatment to right their wrongs

Well, it sure killed the virus, but nobody noticed

Ooh, 'til the spring had sprung

That the birds were all dyin', the earth had been poisoned

And I was still listenin' for sparrow-song

They say that what goes up

Usually comes back down

Sometimes the silence just rings out, rings out, rings out

Rings out, rings out

Rings out