Blue Egg Blues

from New Moon in the Morning by The Bearcubes

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One spring I loved a robin's nest
I watched two birds build it with sticks and feathers
Each morning, I'd watch their gutter home
From over a bowl of Cheerios

Three perfect blue eggs in a perfect brown bed
I waited for you to hatch
Three fluffy balls softly crying and growing
Did you see me through the glass?

I knew that someday, you'd have to go
Leave me with National Public Radio
I already had enough holes
In my bowl, in my bowl, in my bowl

Chorus:
Spots of milk on my nose
Spots of milk on my toes
I will have the strongest bones
Spots of milk on my nose
Spots of milk on my toes
God bless this bowl of Cheerios

I watched you get stronger and ready to fly
You got wings, I got down
I got low, you got high
I stayed stuck in the kitchen chair
I'll never have feathers, I only grow hair

Birds will grow, birds will go
I sit here and eat Cheerios
Mothers flush dead fish down toilet bowls
Bread grows mold, songs get sold
The sewer is swimming with goldfish bones
Bread grows mold, songs get sold
I sit here and eat Cheerios
Cheerio, Cheerio, Cheerio

Chorus

Which little robin's the one that I love
When you're one of so many pecking in the mud
You won't recognize me or love me back
When you're searching for worms in the sidewalk cracks

Chorus

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from New Moon in the Morning, released May 30, 2010
The Bearcubes with:
Julie Chen, violin
Janie Cowan, double bass
Megan Emberton, cello
Lisa Goddard, violin
Sonia Oram, viola

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