Blackbird On The Wire

<br>(Heaton/Rotheray)<br>Eyes to take you dancing <br>mouth to leave your wife <br>Legs to run away with <br>and you wonder why? <br><br>Heart that makes you bypass <br>every other girl <br>Smile that keeps you grinning <br>at the madness of this world <br><br>But like the blackbird on the wire <br>I will not take the prey on you <br>You wouldn`t want me to <br>For I am too soft for such a thing <br>And like the blackbird on the wire <br>I just watch you by <br>The tears I knew I`d cry <br>Fall unnoticed down below <br><br>Front to make you happy <br>back to make you weep <br>Lips to keep you kissing <br>whilst everyone`s asleep <br><br>Tears to break a backbone <br>laughs to win a war <br>And people come and ask me <br>what I love you for <br><br>But like the blackbird on the wire <br>I will not take the prey on you <br>You wouldn`t want me to <br>For I am too soft for such a thing <br>And like the blackbird on the wire <br>I just watch you by <br>The tears I knew I`d cry <br>Fall unnoticed down below <br><br>And with a tongue built from quicksilver <br>and a character of steel <br>They actually come and ask me <br>How I feel <br><br>But like the blackbird on the wire <br>I will not take the prey on you <br>You wouldn`t want me to <br>For I am too soft for such a thing <br>And like the blackbird on the wire <br>I just watch you by <br>The tears I knew I`d cry <br>Fall unnoticed down below