There's a bluebird in my heart
That wants to get out
But I'm too tough for him
I say, stay in there
I'm not going to let anybody see you
There's a bluebird in my heart
That wants to get out
But I pour whiskey on him
And inhale cigarette smoke
And the whores and the bartenders
And the grocery clerks
Never know
That he's in there
But he's in there

There's a bluebird in my heart
You'd never know
That he's in there
Never know
That he's in there
There's a bluebird in my heart
You'd never know
That he's in there
But he's in there

There's a bluebird in my heart
That wants to get out
But I'm too tough for him
I say
Stay down
Do you wanna mess me up?
Do you wanna screw up the works?
You wanna blow my book sales in Europe?
There's a bluebird in my heart
That wants to get out
But I'm too clever
I only let him out at night sometimes
When everybody's asleep
I say
I know you're there
So don't be sad
Then I put him back
There's a bluebird in my heart
Never know
That he's in there
Never know
That he's in there
There's a bluebird in my heart
You'd never know
That he's in there
But he's in there

But he's singing a little in there
I haven't quite let him die
And we sleep together like that
With our secret pact
And it's nice enough
To make a man weep
But I don't weep
Do you?