My feathers don't shine brightly in the moonlight
I don't know how to sing a pretty song
Like water off a duck's back, you seem to slip away
Well, natural selection be damned, I'll be okay

I used to think I'd wanna be a bird of paradise
But now I'm happy being just a quail
I used to think I'd wanna be a bird of paradise
But now I'm happy being just a quail

You've got all your dances and your colors
While I'm over here just trippin' on my own feet
Can't fly all too well, well it's not so hard to tell
I don't got the moves but I'm bobbing to my own beat

I used to think I'd wanna be a bird of paradise
But now I'm happy being just a quail
I used to think I'd wanna be a bird of paradise
But now I'm happy being just a quail