Jimmy Buffett - Strange Bird

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Strange Bird
By: Jimmy Buffett, Jay Oliver
1989
Half fast and seldom seen
He don`t blip the radar screen
On the deck below the dune
Under the commander`s moon
Strange bird from a different nest
Flying low not like all of the rest
God only knows where the strange bird goes when he`s flying

Everybody`s trying to find him
But they don`t know where to start
The ornithologist lady says that he has wings on his heart

Chorus:
Strange bird from a different nest
Flying low not like all of the rest
If you can`t catch him you can`t name him
If you can`t see him you can`t claim him
Stay on the ground or he will shoot you down
Wings on his heart, he`s a strange bird

Frequent flyer, seldom seen
High above the Caribbean
In my day I`ve met a few but he`s the strangest bird that`s true

Chorus:
Strange bird from a different nest
Flying low not like all of the rest
If you can`t catch him you can`t name him
If you can`t see him you can`t claim him
Stay on the ground or he will shoot you down
Wings on his heart, he`s a strange bird

But he`s in love with the lady of the waters
And she lives somewhere up around Cheauxvan
He`s gonna circle high above her runway of love
Until she gives him her permission to land

Chorus:
Strange bird from a different nest
Flying low not like all of the rest
If you can`t catch him you can`t name him
If you can`t see him you can`t claim him
Stay on the ground or he will shoot you down
Wings on his heart, he`s a strange bird
Watch out girl, he`s a strange bird

Strange bird flying low
`Cross the Gulf of Mexico
Strange bird not like all the rest
Watch out girl he`s a strange bird
Shoot you down, he`s a strange bird
It`s a bird, it`s a plane, it`s a strange bird

Release History

1989

Off To See The Lizard

1. Carnival World (3:56)
2. Take Another Road (3:40)
3. That's My Story And I'm Stickin' to It (4:23)
4. Why The Things We Do (3:57)
5. Gravity Storm (2:49)
6. Off to See The Lizard (4:12)
7. Boomerang Love (5:18)
8. Strange Bird (4:19)
9. I Wish Lunch Could Last Forever (5:18)
10. The Pascagoula Run (3:18)
11. Mermaid in The Night (2:27)
12. Changing Channels (3:29)