Well I saw a bird
Lying on the ground
It didn't make a move, no it
Didn't make a sound.
Then a man on a white horse
Said, "Boy don't you grieve.
That bird's gone to Heaven,
Now you gotta believe."
Well I saw a preacher in a big Cadillac
With a "Honk if you love Jesus" bumpersticker on the back.
Yes and I saw the sinners he was prayin' for - he screams
"Don't let 'em in - they'll get blood on the floor."
CHORUS 1:
I see the nations
Keep on brawlin'
And I hear congregations
They keep callin'
Yeah and I see the sparrows
But they just keep fallin'
Fallin down.
Well I saw my father, lyin' in his bed.
He didn't make a move, and I thought he was dead.
Then he looked up at me with those cemetery eyes
He said, "I know I'm goin' to Heaven
When it's time for me to die."
CHORUS 1
Well you can count all the lilies in a parking lot
And you can count all the hairs on a dyin' tot
And you can count him as your Savior
But I think he's not.
'Cause we all keep fallin' down.
CHORUS 2:
Well I see the faithful
Keep fumblin'
Yeah and I hear the ministers
Keep mumblin'
But the poor damn sparrows
Well we just keep tumblin'
Tumblin' down.
Tumblin' down.
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