Ralph McTell - Birdman lyrics

You can k** me if you can But the last thing you need's another dead man. Writing with black ink on your page And I swear that d**h won't k** my rage. For it'll take more to hold my tongue Than your prison and your knives and your clubs and your guns. I don't want no peace prize I will not do what you say's wise I'm a birdman but there's no cage That's strong enough to hold my rage. I don't want no peace prize I will not do what you say's wise I'm a birdman but there's no cage That's strong enough to hold my rage. Now John Henry told his captain, That a man ain't nothing but a man But before I let this machine grind me down I'll die with my hammer in my hand. So the birdman told his jailor A man ain't nothing but a man But before I let your system grind me down I'll die with my gun in my hand. I don't want no peace prize I will not do what you say's wise I'm a birdman but there's no cage That's strong enough to hold my rage. Those bells do ring, ding dong ding And I don't fear no guard. When freedom come maybe with a gun Outside in the prison yard. I'm a birdman, oh watch me fly. I'm a birdman, d**h, sweet d**h, She can't hold me.