rain bird dives through the hole in a broken guitar rain bird sings a song so sad in blue like a stranded insect stuck in a bowl of glue he tries to fly but he will die if he ever leaves the zoo rain bird rain bird rain bird swoops through the chimney pots and rain rain bird flies to the edge of a gilded cage hiding in the spotlights of a famous stage he tries to become invisible whilst stealing the front page rain bird rain bird rain bird rain bird when you were a boy you used to wish for this but like the cat who turns his nose up at the dish now that you have it you want to give it away when you had to work so hard slogging for a pittance in a boot and shoe yard that s when you wanted what you now give away rain bird you re all the rage bird rain bird you re all the rage bird