Passenger Pigeons Lyrics

Poor, poor Lenore carried off by crows As she wandered alone where the red oaks grow Black, black were their beaks twisted in her hair And black were their wings whipping up t...Read Full Lyrics

When they closed the last shopping mall Crickets sang in crumbling walls Termites ate through the doors And rabbits hopped along the floors The empty shelves swarmed with bee...Read Full Lyrics

So long to my dog Snickers, who ate Christmas tinsel So long to Mr. Whiskers, who jumped out of a window And to the family of gerbils who chewed out of their cage And the little...Read Full Lyrics

Falling snow spun above the road Winding through the dark woods Where my pick-up stalled Falling snow hissing through the air Painting my windows white Till the trees disappeared ...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1] She awoke with a jerk What had they done? She awoke with the shock What had they begun? She awoke to the sound Of their blue-white laughter Hot in her hands And a...Read Full Lyrics

In the shadows, in the bushes, in the space between the leaves A spider in a thicket crawled up on my knee I put my gloves on, put my hat on, and I ran from the trees But that l...Read Full Lyrics

I had nothing to say on Christmas day When you threw all your clothes in the snow When you burnt your hair, knocked over chairs I just tried to stay out of your way But when y...Read Full Lyrics

My heart it goes out to that poor little Dutch boy who stopped a great flood with the tip of his thumb. Through parades and medals he felt no joy and took to his bed with a bot...Read Full Lyrics

In the last days of wonder When spirits still flew Where we sat holding hands In half-darkened rooms Nicola Tesla In the hotel New Yorker Nursing sick pigeons By the open window ...Read Full Lyrics

My name I don't remember, though, I hail from Ohio I had a wife and children, good tires on my car What took me from my home and put me in the earth Was the mouth of a deep, dar...Read Full Lyrics