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

I just want to…


A          E
Watch the birds go by
        Ab7                         Dbm
From my handy foldable blue canvas throne
        A          E
I wanna watch them fly and fly
    Ab7                       Dbm     E7
And see them soar up into the unknown
But I’d…
 A                               Am
 Feel just like a nerd, watching birds

Watching me here all alone


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

I just want to…


A          E
Watch the birds up there
          Ab7                           Dbm
Track the migratory patterns that they’ve flown
        A          E
I wanna watch them from my chair
        Ab7                          Dbm   E7
With my binoculars, my latte and my phone
A                            Am
Trying to spot a lark in the park
                          E
Parked in nature all alone


B                                 A
Alone here with the doves and the sparrows and the ospreys
    Abm                     A
The owlets, the eagles and my list
          B                     A          
It’s just me and Mr. Finch, the robins, the kingfishers
    Gbm                                 B
The snipes, though I heard they don’t exist
A
Each little species in its little way can teach me
     Abm                        Gb7
What awaits you if you can get away

I wanna…


A          B
Watch the birds do what they will
Ab7                           Dbm
Sorry if I’m ornithologically prone
        A                                  E
I wanna watch from somewhere undisturbing, quiet, calm and still
Ab7                              Dbm   E7
Sit right here and gaze at the unknown


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