Birds Without Wings

This is the third song in my "Trump Trilogy" ("Time Will Tell" and "Snake Oil" being the other two) and the last song for my fifth album. 

I've been really enjoying the feel on this one, which is good as I've been working on it for a while now. 

The title is based on a phrase in (and the title of) a book I've been struggling with by Louis de Bernieres. The full quote is "Man is a bird without wings, a bird is a man without sorrow" - it struck a chord (E minor in fact) with me. 

Salvador Dali also used the phrase in "intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings" - in Trump's case perhaps some of the words could be switched ;) I have made the appropriate adjustment. 

I had hoped to do this with the guys and gals from PBGB, but alas, that didn't work out, so it's a solo song from me. 

Neil Porter: vocals, guitars (forward and backward), bass, drum and percussion programming, production. 

Bird Without Wings 2016 Neil Porter 

84bpm Intro: | Em | Bm7 | x4 Em B7 

Intro: | Em | Bm7 | x4

Em B7

Man is a bird without any wings

CM7 Em

Bird is a man without sorrow

Em B7

I just don’t know what makes me think of these things

CM7 Em

There’ll be some more news tomorrow

Seems like we’re losing sight of the light

We often misread the meaning

Shifting the picture off to the right

Makes it somehow less appealing

Esus4 

Its gonna be a long night

A7sus4

Its feeling like a bad dream

Csus4

Its gonna take a long fight

Dsus4

Its gonna be a bad scene

Esus4 A7sus4

We’re just birds

Csus4 Dsus4

Without wings

Up on a wire and out on a limb

Maybe you feel the connection

Caught in a cage and your chances look slim

You might want to change your direction

High and the low, black and the white

We’re all together now, we’re altogether now

Midnight wisdom and eagle sight

Man is a bird without wings

Its gonna be a long night

Its feeling like a bad dream

Its gonna take a long fight

Its gonna be a bad scene

We’re just birds

Without wings

SOLO:

| Em | B7 | CM7 | Em | x2

High as a kite looking down on it all

What will it look like tomorrow?

Man is a bird without any wings

Bird is a man without sorrow

Its gonna be a long night

Its feeling like a bad dream

Its gonna take a long fight

Its gonna be a bad scene

We’re just birds

Without wings

Esus4 A7sus4

We’re just birds

Csus4 Dsus4

Without wings

Esus4 A7sus4

We’re just birds

Csus4 Dsus4

Without wings

Embb5 x 8