30 purple birds

Picked out a cloud outside my window
Looked like a butterfly in spring
It flew to your side the day that you died
Came back and told me everything

Drove through the fields and they were frozen
That was their way of letting go
Ink spots and roses are what we chose and
I sang a song to send you home

They don't know your name but I'll tell them about you
The world looks the same we're just stuck here without you

I won't look down cuz it hurts
Eyes on the horizon again
Where all of your purple birds are flying to find you again

I dream of porches and breezes blowing
And hearing whispers in the wind
God knows where I've been or where I'm going
We're only stardust and love in the end

I'm getting bolder as I get older
But I still haven't changed the world
Run into my arms, cry on my shoulder
Cuz I'm brave but I'm still just a girl

And I'll pitch a tent at the base of this mountain
Keep climbing uphill thirty more years and counting

I won't look down cuz it hurts
Eyes on the horizon again
Where all of your purple birds are flying to find you again

Take me back to the days when the earth was heaven
The sun and the salt on your skin
You smile like a child with a drink in your hand
And tell me I'm beautiful again
But don't make me wait for a lifetime to find you again

I won't look down cuz it hurts
Eyes on the horizon again
Where all of your purple birds are flying to find you again

I won't look down cuz it hurts
Eyes on the horizon again
Where all of your purple birds are flying to find you again

Picked out a cloud outside my window
Looked like a butterfly in spring