King of Birds lyrics

A thumbnail sketch, a jeweler's stone

A mean idea to call my own

Old man don't lay so still

You're not yet young

There's time to teach, point to point

Point observation, children carry reservations

Standing on the shoulders of giants

Leaves me cold, leaves me cold

A mean idea to call my own,

A hundred million birds fly

Singer sing me a given,

Singer sing me a song

Standing on the shoulders of giants

Everybody's looking on

(Old man don't lay so still

You're not yet young)

(There's time to teach, point to point)

(Point observation, children carry reservations)

Standing on the shoulders of giants

Leaves me cold

A mean idea to call my own,

A hundred million birds fly away, away, away

I am king of all I see,

My kingdom for a voice

Old man don't lay so still

You're not yet young

There's time to teach, point to point

Point observation, children carry reservations

Standing on the shoulders of giants

Leaves me cold, leaves me cold

A mean idea to call my own,

A hundred million birds fly away, away, away

Everybody hit the ground (×8)

• Artist:R.E.M.
• Album:Document