Sing-along-Sunday
Big Bird in a Small Cage - Broken Bells

There was a house halfway round the world,
and I was invited in for a small taste of gin.
There was a hall­way thou­sand birds long,
but the biggest one of all was in a-
cage too small.

I asked the care­taker cause he owes the maker.
Looked at me and laughed,
took another sip from his glass and said:
“Open up your ears and heart.
“You put a big bird in a small cage it’ll sing you a song.”

That we all love to sing along,
to the sound of the bird that longs (mourns).

Well we rolled into town, into sweet New Orleans,
to the Apple Bell bar; it was a hole in the wall.
The ceil­ings weren’t tall, the floors were the ground,
but the sounds you were mak­ing just warm your hearts.

Well it was quar­ter to twelve when the boys walked in.
They put their black suits on and the songs would begin.
You open up your ears and hearts;
you put a big bird in a small cage it’ll sing you a song.

That we all love to sing along,
to the sound of the bird that longs (mourns).

(To the sound of the bird that longs (mourns).) x3
(You put a big bird in a small cage it’ll sing you a song.) x4