[Verse 1]
Half-fast and seldom seen
He don't blip the radar screen
On the deck, below the dune
Under the commander's moon

[Verse 2]
Strange bird from a different nest
Flying low, not like all of the rest
God only knows where the strange bird goes
When he's flying

[Verse 2]
Everybody's trying to find him
But they don't know where to start
The ornithologist lady says
That he has wings on his heart

[Chorus]
Strange bird from a different nest
Flying low, not like all of the rest
If you can't catch him, you can't name him
If you can't see him, you can't claim him
Stay on the ground or he will shoot you down
Wings on his heart, he's a strange bird
[Verse 2]
Frequent flyer, seldom seen
High above the Caribbean
In my day I've met a few
But he's the strangest bird, that's true

[Chorus]
Strange bird from a different nest
Flying low not like all of the rest
If you can't catch him you can't name him
If you can't see him you can't claim him
Stay on the ground or he will shoot you down
Wings on his heart, he's a strange bird

[Verse 3]
But he's in love with the lady of the waters
And she lives somewhere up around Cheauxvan
He's gonna circle high above her runway of love
Until she gives him her permission to land

[Chorus]
Strange bird from a different nest
Flying low, not like all of the rest
If you can't catch him, you can't name him
If you can't see him, you can't claim him
Stay on the ground or he will shoot you down
Wings on his heart, he's a strange bird
Watch out, girl, he's a strange bird
[Outro]
Strange bird flying low
'Cross the Gulf of Mexico
Strange bird, not like all the rest
Watch out, girl, he's a strange bird
Shoot you down, he's a strange bird
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a strange bird