I wish I knew how it would feel to be free

Bluebird, Charles Bukowski

There is a bluebird in my heart
I want to leave
But I’m too difficult for him,
I say I’ll stay there, I won’t go
Let someone meet you.

There is a bluebird in my heart
I want to leave
But I pour him some whiskey and suck him in
Tobacco smoke
And whores and bartenders
Grocery clerk
I never know that
He is
There.

There is a bluebird in my heart
I want to leave
But I’m too difficult for him,
I say,
Go down, do you want to ruin it?
I?
You want to ruin it
the work?
You want to blow away my book sales
Europe?

There is a bluebird in my heart
I want to leave
But I’m too smart, I put him out
Sometimes at night
When everyone is asleep.
I say, I know you’re there,
So don’t do that
sad.

Then I put him back,
But he sings a little
There, I’m not letting him at all
die
And we sleep together
that
With us
Secret Agreement
And that’s good enough
Make a man
I cry, but I don’t
Cry
you?

Nina Simone – I wish I knew how it felt to be free 6:13