C F C There are birds in the darkness G C C/B who douse electrical fires Am Flaring up in nursing homes G and the bedrooms of blind men C F C Birds you cannot see F C There are birds in the darkness G C C/B who nest in wooden crutches Am Eye-patches and bandages, G broken spinal columns, C F C pots of withered plants F C Birds you cannot see, G C filling every tree, G C falling out of closets F C G C and perched on the hands of dying men F C There are birds in the darkness G C C/B who lead lost dogs off highways Am Steer boats past icebergs, G save children stuck in wells C F C Birds you cannot see F C There are birds in the darkness G C C/B seen by those with tumors Am circling common light bulbs G with blue feathered halos C F C and the sound of rain F C Birds you cannot see, G C filling every tree, G C falling out of closets F C G C and perched on the hands of dying men