Crescent City

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Aoife O'Donovan] You're a strange bird, you're a black crow And you're darker than the darkest hour before the cock crows You're a strange bird, wanna take a long flight Over Highway 101 down to Crescent City tide? Then you sit on the white beach While the waves wash up your supper Sit on the white beach wondering Where are the others? [Verse 2: Aoife O'Donovan, Aoife O'Donovan & Sara Watkins, Sara Watkins & Sarah Jarosz] The other road, the one less taken You tried it out, you stuck around just trying to fake it There were good days 'til you broke them There were right words, but they always were the ones unspoken So you sit beneath a tree and wait for manna from the sky Sit beneath a tree humming, "Am I born to die?" [Chorus: Aoife O'Donovan, Aoife O'Donovan & Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan, Sara Watkins & Sarah Jarosz] Dirt under your fingernails Wipe the mud from the windowsill In this world of sweat and tears Make a life worth living [Verse 3: Aoife O'Donovan, Aoife O'Donovan & Sara Watkins] It's a free fall, it's a high dive No one really knows what the ocean hides You and I, bird, gonna find out I'll be next to you when the lights go out And we might see some kind of beauty in the water Flashes all around of a life that we'd forgot [Chorus: Aoife O'Donovan, Aoife O'Donovan & Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan, Sara Watkins & Sarah Jarosz] Dirt under your fingernails Wipe the mud from the window sill In this world of sweat and tears Make a life worth living [Post-Chorus: Aoife O'Donovan, Sara Watkins & Sarah Jarosz] Make a life worth living (Life worth living, make a life worth living) Make a life worth living [Outro: Aoife O'Donovan] You're a strange bird You're a black crow