Sister Starling (Acoustic)

Sister starling's on the move, she's going down
Watch the iridescence fading from her crown
She looks up when she hits the ground
Broken wings, feathers all around

I pick the starling up and bring the bird inside
I fashioned her a bed of needles and rawhide
She sleeps with unblinking eyes
I watch, another morning dies

Apples and oranges don't make lemonade
But I press and I squeeze anyway
If life gives you gin, you make something
I'll do anything you say
I'll do anything you say

Tried to find her in the elements at night
Took off my diving mask and underwater light
I can go deep looking for a fight
She stays out of my dotted sight

Makeshift magazines are blowing in the wind
I remembered all my dreams way back when
I'd wake up, I'd reach for a pen
Can't catch it now, couldn't catch her then

Apples and oranges don't make lemonade
But I press and I squeeze anyway
If life gives you gin, you make something
I'll do anything you say
And if you told me to jump, I'd climb to the top of the CN Tower today
Watch me fly away

Took half my life to get here, it'll take half to get back
To the bed I was born in, it's where I wanna die
Where do you wanna die?
I made a lot of money only to lose it
While trying to fake it makes me wanna cry
What makes you wanna cry?

I will do anything you say
I will do anything you say
I'll do anything you say
Found a letter in an old festival tote
Smoothed the paper out to read your crumpled note
"I'm sorry," that's all she wrote