Sparrow

I took a lover 
In the summer, in the summer
Ooh, sweet sparrow song
Come winter, come winter
I lost my lover 
Just like the birds
She'd up and gone 

But when she left
She left with a promise 
Ooh, she would not be long 
And I'd know she was coming
I'd only to listen 
Ooh, for sparrow song 

They say that what goes up 
Usually comes back down 
Sometimes the silence just rings out
Rings out, rings out, rings out 

Elsewhere in the county 
A council was voting 
Ooh, sweet sparrow song
The trees had an illness 
They wanted a quick fix 
A chemical treatment 
To right their wrongs 

Well it sure killed the virus 
But nobody noticed
Ooh, 'til spring had sprung 
That the birds were all dying 
The earth had been poisoned
And I was still listening
For sparrow song 

They say that what goes up 
Usually comes back down 
Sometimes the silence just rings out
Rings out, rings out, rings out