I have an agreement with birds Not the easiest deal ever heard If I tell them secrets I have learned They'll teach me to sing without words A lot of people never touch birds Disease! And dirty, we've learned But I'm always shaking hands with the birds I've never caught any germs All they want, is to know how we live so long Is there a certain song they must learn? There was that part, plus, they wanna learn to trust I said, “Give it a bit, it can be done” Every time you see a dead bird Do you wonder how he fell to the earth? Did he get what he needed from the world? Did he ever love? Did it hurt? All they want, is to know how we live so long Is there a certain song they must learn? There was that part, plus, they wanna learn to trust I said, “Give it a bit, it can be done” I'm keeping my promise to the birds Not the easiest deal ever heard If I tell them secrets I have learned They'll teach me to sing without words --- .