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

I just want to…


F          C
Watch the birds go by
        E7                         Am
From my handy foldable blue canvas throne
        F          C
I wanna watch them fly and fly
    E7                       Am     C7
And see them soar up into the unknown
But I’d…
 F                               Fm
 Feel just like a nerd, watching birds

Watching me here all alone


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

I just want to…


F          C
Watch the birds up there
          E7                           Am
Track the migratory patterns that they’ve flown
        F          C
I wanna watch them from my chair
        E7                          Am   C7
With my binoculars, my latte and my phone
F                            Fm
Trying to spot a lark in the park
                          C
Parked in nature all alone


G                                 F
Alone here with the doves and the sparrows and the ospreys
    Em                     F
The owlets, the eagles and my list
          G                     F          
It’s just me and Mr. Finch, the robins, the kingfishers
    Dm                                 G
The snipes, though I heard they don’t exist
F
Each little species in its little way can teach me
     Em                        D7
What awaits you if you can get away

I wanna…


F          G
Watch the birds do what they will
E7                           Am
Sorry if I’m ornithologically prone
        F                                  C
I wanna watch from somewhere undisturbing, quiet, calm and still
E7                              Am   C7
Sit right here and gaze at the unknown


F                    Fm                             F          
I don’t wanna fly in the sky, I just wanna be alone
               C
It’s not a big deal or anything
F          Fm              C
I just wanna be alone