there's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out

but I'm too tough for him

I say, stay in there

I'm not going to let anybody see you

there's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out

but I pur whiskey on him and inhale cigarette smoke

and the whores and the bartenders and the grocery clerks

never know that he's in there

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there's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out

but I'm too tough for him

I say

stay down, do you want to mess me up?

you want to screw up the works?

you want to blow my book sales in Europe?

there's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out

but I'm too clever, I only let him out at night sometimes

when everybody's asleep

I say, I know that you're there

so don't be sad

then I put him back

but he's singing a little in there, I haven't quite let him die

and we sleep together like that with our

secret pact

and it's nice enough to make a man

weep

but I don't weep

do you?

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Charles Bukowski

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Blue bird - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhi6y1XWb-E&t=24s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhi6y1XWb-E&t=24s)