I wrote a note for when you came back in the evening I tried to pin it to your back when you were leaving I thought your voice would be the least I ever heard There used to be birds You used to need me like a werewolf needs the moon Like your mother needs a cocktail before noon Oh every language needs an unspeakable word There used to be birds The birds that sing when the sky is blue Know how to sing in the nighttime too So I suppose the know about me and you I try to behave in case you're watching from afar From somewhere up there, where there used to be stars You never used to leave a mission incomplete There used to be birds singing outside in the street