Birds of paradise

[Verse 1]
I was just a kid when you walked in, so fucked up
Cause you flipped the truck on the way home from the bar
Only fourteen when I started drinking, I guess it was just how
To say I don't care, I don't care, I don't care
Anymore

[Chorus]
I can run but I can't hide
I carry all your stories down the line
I couldn't fly
Didn't know but all this time
We were always birds of paradise

[Verse 2]
You were just a kid when someone handed you a gun
Said good luck and sent you off
To the war
Only twenty when you started running, never going home
Said I don't care, I don't care, I don't care
Anymore

[Chorus]
I can run but I can't hide
I carry all your stories down the line
I couldn't fly
Didn't know but all this time
We were always birds of paradise

[Bridge]
Don't you ever think it's strange
That we never turned away
From the same old reflections?
Same old stories handed down
They would always come around
To tell anyone who'd listen

[Chorus]
I can run but I can't hide
I carry all your stories down the line
I couldn't fly
I didn't know but all this time
We were always birds of paradise