"Hummingbird Highway" lyrics

The Columbines are coming up down by the gate
I've poured out the sugar water on a broken plate
And I've dressed up my best dolls to celebrate
You're coming home from the hummingbird highway

But the hour has come and the hour has past
And just when I think that they've gotten you at last
Yeah the pirates have tied you to a galleon's mast
You're coming home from the hummingbird highway

Every time you round the bend
I'll jump into your arms again
You know my kind, I'm the hummingbird's friend
I'll help you find your way back home

You're laying out the treasures you brought for me
The cinnamon bark from the cinnamon tree
And the stone that you saw clear to the bottom of the sea
Back from the Hummingbird Highway

But I never could imagine I never could've guessed
You're opening the clasp on a tiny golden chest
It's a hummingbird shell in a hummingbird nest
Back from the Hummingbird Highway

Every time you round the bend
I'll jump into your arms again
You know my kind, I'm the hummingbird's friend
I'll help you find your way back home

And the hummingbird you know he never sings
The humming comes from his flapping wings
And he only likes the sweetest things
Only likes the sweetest things

I'm putting out the cinnamon rolls while they're hot
I'm pouring out the tea from China blue pot
And I hope that you're happy but I know that you're not
Back from the Hummingbird Highway

You say it's the older you feel, it's the older I get
Your highest of highs are your deepest regret
And no one ever tells you that you've gotten there yet
Out on the Hummingbird Highway

But you know I know sometimes instead
You just get lost inside your head
And sometimes can't get out of bed
But now you're getting out of bed

And here you come around the bend
The pirates sent you back again
I'll raise my flag, I'm the hummingbird's friend
I'll help you find your way...

Every time you round the bend
I'll jump into your arms again
We'll fly, we'll fly, we'll fly

Every time you round the bend
I'll jump into your arms again
You know my kind, I'm the hummingbird's friend
I'll help you find your way back home