half fast and seldom seen he don t blip the radar screen on the deck below the dune under the commander s moon strange bird from a different nest flying low not like all of the rest god only knows where the strange bird goes when he s flying everybody s trying to find him but they don t know where to start the ornithologist lady says that he has wings on his heart strange bird from a different nest flying low not like all of the rest if you can t catch him you can t name him if you can t see him you can t claim him stay on the ground or he will shoot you down wings on his heart he s a strange bird frequent flyer seldom seen high above the caribbean in my day i ve met a few but he s the strangest bird that s true strange bird from a different nest flying low not like all of the rest if you can t catch him you can t name him if you can t see him you can t claim him stay on the ground or he will shoot you down wings on his heart he s a strange bird  but he s in love with the lady of the waters and she lives somewhere up around cheauxvan he s gonna circle high above her runway of love until she gives him her permission to land strange bird from a different nest flying low not like all of the rest if you can t catch him you can t name him if you can t see him you can t claim him stay on the ground or he will shoot you down wings on his heart he s a strange bird watch out girl he s a strange bird strange bird flying low cross the gulf of mexico strange bird not like all the rest watch out girl he s a strange bird shoot you down he s a strange bird it s a bird it s a plane it s a strange bird