Blue Bird poem :
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there's a bluebird in my heart
that wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him.
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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 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 pour whiskey on him
and inhale cigarette smoke.
I'm not going to let anybody see you.
there's a bluebird in my heart
that wants to get out
but I pour whiskey on him
and inhale cigarette smoke.
and the whores
and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that he's in there.
and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that he's in there.
there's a bluebird in my heart
that wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him.
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.
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?
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?
—
Charles Bukowski.
Charles Bukowski.