"LETTER FROM A BLACKBIRD" lyrics

Sometimes I think that if I got lost and drowned out in the river
No one in this town would cry
They'd just breathe sighs of relief
These days I sure regret
How much of me that I have given
I feel my patience running out
I hear the water sing to me

Blackbird
What did you think you'd run into out here in the wild?
You sing a sad song
But no one feels for you
They think you do it for the smiles
They'll send you flowers when you die

I can change course if I want to
Find a softer place to run to
I've struggled all my life
I'm fucking tired of heavy living
It is time to build a refuge
It is time to get what's mine

Blackbird
What did you think you'd run into out here in the wild?
You sing a sad song
But no one feels for you
They think you do it for the smiles
They'll send you flowers when you die