The The — Sweet Bird of Truth Live

[Verse 1] Six o'clock in the morning I'm the last person in this plane still awake You know I can almost smell the blood washing against the shores Of this land that can't forget its past Oh, the wind that carries this plane is the wind of change Heaven-sent and hell-bent Over the mountaintops we go, just like all the other G.I. Joes E-I-E-I, adios [Chorus] This is your captain calling (With an urgent warning) We're above the Gulf of Arabia (Our altitude is falling) And I can't hold her up (There's no time for thinking) All hands on deck (This bird is sinking) [Verse 2] Across the beaches and cranes, rivers and trains All the money I've made, bodies I've maimed Time was when I seemed to know Just like any other G.I. Joe Should I cry like a baby, or die like a man? While the planet's little wars start joining hands Oh, what a heaven, what a hell You know there's nothing can be done in this whole wide world [Verse 3] I don't know what's wrong or right I'm just a regular guy with bottled up insides I ain't ever been to church or believed in Jesus Christ But I'm praying that God's with you when you die [Chorus] This is your captain calling (With an urgent warning) We're above the Gulf of Arabia (Our altitude is falling) And I can't hold her up (There's no time for thinking) All hands on deck (This bird is sinking) [Outro] Arabia Arabia Arabia Arabia Arabia Arabia Arabia Arabia Arabia Arabia Arabia Arabia Arabia Arabia [Spoken] Thank you Now, it's often been said That I write music for small bedrooms but spacious minds So you gotta imagine that we're all in one big bedroom We're all friends, we may not know each other's names But what we'd all like to see from this stage is people singing along Because sometimes I forget the words and I do lip read So don't be shy Feel free to sing and enjoy yourself