[00:07.60]You're a grown man of thirty-five (thirty-five)[00:12.10]Who ain't concerned with time and still wastes mine[00:16.30]Soon as you put me in the dinghy[00:19.00]Out the blue I'm too clingy[00:20.50]Wah... you took me for the ride all along[00:26.30]I tried to take it all in my stride[00:28.90]Ergo my face of chipped pride[00:31.00]A single dove is hard to find[00:33.60]And this ain't the sea side[00:35.30]Now I'm a bird in the city[00:37.40]And, if you think I'm so pretty[00:39.20]Why, why do I spend my nights alone?[00:43.40]And, I'm singin'[00:44.60]Aah~oo~da~ ×3[00:52.45]Birds in the city[00:53.80]Aah~oo~da~ ×2[00:58.40](Some birds aren't meant to be caged)[01:01.50](Their feathers are just too bright)[01:03.15]Aah~oo~da~ ×4[01:15.30]I ain't tryin' to have a fight tonight (uh-uh, uh-uh)[01:19.30]Gorillas holla from the building side (oo, ah, ah, ah, ah)[01:24.00]And, I ain't even tryin' to hear it[01:26.50]Now their callin' me a ***** (gasp) ah[01:28.55]Damned if I do or when I don't (when I don't)[01:33.40]Aah~oo~da~ ×3[01:41.10]Birds in the city[01:42.72]Aah~oo~da~ ×2[01:47.30](Some birds aren't meant to be caged)[01:50.40](Their feathers are just too bright)[01:52.10]Aah~oo~da~ ×4[02:01.75]I don't care if its a Hummer or Rolex (dada)[02:06.35]White front or all over (dadadadada)[02:11.00]But in card or cash or bouncing checks[02:15.60]Leave the dishes served with disrespect[02:20.20]Aah~oo~da~ ×3[02:27.80]Birds in the city[02:29.40]Aah~oo~da~ ×2[02:34.00](Some birds aren't meant to be caged)[02:37.00](Their feathers are just too bright)[02:38.75]Aah~oo~da~ ×3[02:46.60]Birds in the city[02:48.20]Aah~oo~da~ ×2