A
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A                                D          
     I don’t wanna drive a fancy car today
              Gbm        E          Bm
I don’t wanna ride in a red cor -vette
A                         D          
     I don’t wanna jog my Saturday away
      Gbm          E          Bm
But I don’t wanna go home   yet
A                            D          
     Today is not the day to jump out of a plane
              Gbm          E          Bm
I don’t wanna parasail or play rou - lette
A                                 D          
     I don’t wanna risk it all or go insane
      Gbm          E          Bm    -nc-
But I don't wanna go home    yet

I just want to…


D          A
Watch the birds go by
        Db7                         Gbm
From my handy foldable blue canvas throne
        D          A
I wanna watch them fly and fly
    Db7                       Gbm     A7
And see them soar up into the unknown
But I’d…
 D                               Dm
 Feel just like a nerd, watching birds

Watching me here all alone


A
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A                                 D          
     I don’t wanna break dance or learn tai Kwon do
              Gbm                E          Bm
I don’t wanna fish ‘til all the fish are gone
A                               D          
     I don’t wanna roller skate even if it’s slow
              Gbm            E          G
I don’t wanna pass out in a mara -thon
A                         D          
     I don’t like soccer, baseball, track or field
        Gbm       E          Bm
I’m not up for a match of polo
A                          D          
     I don’t wanna seek or try to stay concealed
         Gbm        E          Bm   -nc-
I'm also not up for water polo

I just want to…


D          A
Watch the birds up there
          Db7                           Gbm
Track the migratory patterns that they’ve flown
        D          A
I wanna watch them from my chair
        Db7                          Gbm   A7
With my binoculars, my latte and my phone
D                            Dm
Trying to spot a lark in the park
                          A
Parked in nature all alone


E                                 D
Alone here with the doves and the sparrows and the ospreys
    Dbm                     D
The owlets, the eagles and my list
          E                     D          
It’s just me and Mr. Finch, the robins, the kingfishers
    Bm                                 E
The snipes, though I heard they don’t exist
D
Each little species in its little way can teach me
     Dbm                        B7
What awaits you if you can get away

I wanna…


D          E
Watch the birds do what they will
Db7                           Gbm
Sorry if I’m ornithologically prone
        D                                  A
I wanna watch from somewhere undisturbing, quiet, calm and still
Db7                              Gbm   A7
Sit right here and gaze at the unknown


D                    Dm                             D          
I don’t wanna fly in the sky, I just wanna be alone
               A
It’s not a big deal or anything
D          Dm              A
I just wanna be alone