I Was Walking

I was walking on a cold day
And the birds were talking in a tree above my head
And the branches were bare and the sun looked right through
And I wondered, “What do they say?”
Oh but I passed, unnoticed.
Oh and maybe there's a reason and maybe there's a rhyme
And maybe, baby, you are looking at me for the last time
You know all that really matters are those birds that fly
And the rain and the day and the sky
And what a fine, fine time it is to be alive.

We were singing dee da, dee da, so it's not the way you planned it
But dee da, dee da, you're never gonna understand it
You gotta be there open-handed to catch yourself when you're landin'
Dee da, dee da-

And I was walking down a road in New Jersey
And I was feeling like a cherry on a sundae
And once in a while I felt the ground beneath me begin to melt
So I just roll down, I just roll down
How easy it is to let it go, just let it go.

We were singing dee da, dee da, nobody needs to know why you're smiling
Just dee da, dee da, well come on everybody and pile right in
To my car, we're gonna drive real far
And dee da, dee da-

Here I am, waiting patiently
Too loud for my own good, to small to be seen
Here you are, wandering through my vision with such precision
How you always love to catch me off-guard
When I'm singing dee da, dee da, so it's not the way I planned it
But dee da, dee da, I'm never gonna understand it, no-

Dee da, dee da, well it's just too good, it's just too good
And dee da, dee da, how you knocked me down right where I stood
But I didn't really need that place
And I don't really wanna save my face
So dee da, dee da-

And I was walking on a cold day
And the birds were talking above me
Oh but I passed, unnoticed.