Birdcage | So sad that you took it so badly, And acted so madly, So scared like a baby, by the morning, With sunlight unfolding, You eyes have turned red, And are holding me inside your story, In the end, You'll be starting on a new one, Of anguish and delusions, He smiles just like a magician, Who's just cast his illusions, Of castles and sandstones on the backbeach, And bright lights within your reach, The sounds of a warning, By the morning, Of hound dogs coming for me, With the ropes, Leading back to your knees, And you looking straight at me, On your knees in the rain, With a basket of flowers just for me, As the bells in the trees up above, All swung and ring softly, You said you rang them for me, For me.

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words and music by Jakob Dylan
appears on Breach

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-Birdcage was originally recorded for the 1st cd, "the Wallflowers," but was left unused until it appeared on "Breach"