[Verse 1]
As I look out my window all I can see
Is a bush of rhododendron flowers staring back at me
And a mama robin, she is always working
Bringing worms and bugs to feed her young
While the snakes and house cats are lurking

[Chorus]
All this time I’ve spent inside my head
Well, I’ve been hurting, is the world still turning?
For this weight I bear leaves me so damn scared
I guess we’ve all been hurting like a little bird, I’m learning

[Verse 2]
Could I be a mother or a lover
To something greater than my own instinct to suffer?
And would a sheep run if she knew she was for the slaughter?
Or would she simply let her soft wool warm her daughter?

[Chorus]
All this time I’ve spent inside my head
Well, I’ve been hurting, is the world still turning?
For this weight I bear leaves me so damn scared
I guess we’ve all been hurting like a little bird, I’m learning

[Outro]
Now if a mother were to stop working
Then her babes, they would die
And the lamb did cry
When her mama’s fate became certain