[Verse 1]
How does a sparrow know more than I?
When its mother is gone, it learns how to fly
With no direction, its wings in the wind
How does a bird know more than I?

[Verse 2]
How does the winter know to hold on
When it's scared of its shadow and flowers are gone?
The leaves all lay sleepin', prayin' to hear spring-time songs
How does the winter know to hold on?

[Chorus]
Nobody told me what I should do
When the world starts to rumble and shake under you
How does an orphan find its way home?
Reach out with no hand to hold
How do I make it alone?

[Verse 3]
What keeps a river runnin' that way?
Is it slave to the ocean, a wild runaway?
Does it shed a tear, all who have drowned in its wake?
What keeps a river runnin' that way?

[Chorus]
Nobody told me what I should do
When the world starts to rumble and shake under you
How does an orphan find its way home?
Reach out with no hand to hold
How do I make it alone?

[Chorus]
Nobody told me what I should do
When the world starts to rumble and shake under you
How does an orphan find its way home?
And I reach out with no hand to hold
How do I make it alone?

[Outro]
How does a sparrow know more than I?
When its mother is gone, it learns how to fly