Paper Bird

I plant stories on paper ships and send them out to sea drift
 Each one holds a part of the story of our hearts
 Inky vessels of sweet remembering
 One last trip and then descending
 Paper bird your wings are light
 Carry hardship out of sight
 Salty moonshine, morning bell
 Fly these troubles away across the swell
 August introduced us, December came between
 Tales never told, rust gathered on the gold
 How's the months, they never really knew
 The state of things below the blue
 The mussels wait with patience
 These tales, bitter like ocean wine
 Tears of past and anchors cast
 Soon mixed within the brine
 Ooh, ooh
 Paper bird your wings are light
 Carry hardship out of sight
 Salty moonshine, morning bell
 Fly these troubles away across the swell
 Lay your axe down by the spring
 Listen to the starbirds sing
 The sweetest sound I ever heard
 Fly away oh paper bird
 Ah, ah, ah, ah-ah-ah-ah
 Ah-ah, ah-ah
 Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah
 Ah-ah, ah, ah
 Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah
 Ah-ah, ah-ah, ahh
 And now the bird she flies beneath frosty snow capped cries
 Gusty clouds of grey watch as I cast words away
 Release this heart from bygone pain
 Welcome sunrise once again
 Ooh, paper bird your wings are light
 Carry hardship out of sight
 Salty moonshine, morning bell
 Fly these troubles away across the swell
 Lay your axe down by the spring
 Listen to the starbirds sing
 The sweetest sound I ever heard
 Fly away oh paper bird
 Paper bird your wings are light
 Carry hardship out of sight
 Salty moonshine, morning bell
 Fly these troubles away across the swell
 Lay your axe down by the spring
 Listen to the starbirds sing
 The sweetest sound I ever heard
 Fly away oh paper bird