John Paul White

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there's a bluebird in my heart that
  wants to get out
  but I'm too tough for him,
  I say, stay in there, I'm not going
  to let anybody see
  you.

there's a bluebird in my heart that
  wants to get out
  but I pour whiskey on him and inhale
  cigarette smoke
  and the whores and the bartenders
  and the grocery clerks
  never know that
  he's
  in there.

there's a bluebird in my heart that
  wants to get out
  but I'm too tough for him,
  I say,
  stay down, do you want to mess
  me up?
  you want to screw up the
  works?
  you want to blow my book sales in
  Europe?

there's a bluebird in my heart that
  wants to get out
  but I'm too clever, I only let him out
  at night sometimes
  when everybody's asleep.
  I say, I know that you're there,
  so don't be
  sad.
  then I put him back,
  but he's singing a little
  in there, I haven't quite let him
  die
  and we sleep together like
  that
  with our
  secret pact
  and it's nice enough to
  make a man
  weep, but I don't
  weep, do
  you?

- bluebird
- charles bukowski


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blue orphan records