Fine Frenzy, A - Bird Of The Summer Lyrics






You came with the season
As the first swallow sang
A brown headed stranger
With a five-letter name {do, do, do, do, do, do, do}

We planted our kisses where the wild berries grow
My feet sprouted wings and I flew all the way home {do, do, do, do, do, do, do}

My cheeks red like fire engines racing
Straight to the heat of your skin
And I know the days are numbered,
Early bird of the summer
You'll fly south just as the fall begins

The leaves changed our color
And the schoolyards were filled
My coat with the patches
Barely keeps out the chill {do, do, do, do, do, do}

You sent me a postcard from a town out of state
I wish it were warmer and I hope you're the same {do, do, do, do, do, do, do}

The fields where we wandered were golden
Now only mud in my boots
And I know I should recover
You're the bird of the summer
I was wrong to try and capture you

Flight, flight
Flight, flight

I met someone walkin' in a park by the lake.
He don't fly like we did but he don't fly away. {do, do, do, do, do}

Gone is the pale hand of winter
Here is the first flush of May

And soon I will discover
Whether birds of the summer
Fly in circles or just fly away





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  1. B.... f....

    This song makes me miss my Mom...

  2. D.... F....

    I think we are the bird of the summer for each other. I've almost recovered anyway, but I'm still wondering how you're doing now. Hope you are thriving, although I rarely know anything about you and you about me. I wish we could meet the next 'summer', shall we? My bird of the summer?
    Anyway, I enjoyed this song, it makes me feel well although it does make me a little emotional...

  3. N.... R....

    holy shit i just spent hours on the internet looking for this song that I heard 5 years ago. wtf

  4. �.... �....

    baby you space   ;)

  5. D.... G....

    All of Ali's songs are amazing! She is such a brilliant artist.

  6. A.... M....

    Always gonna remind me of Restless, ugh <3

  7. E.... F....

    I have a brown headed boy with a five letter name!!!

  8. l.... ....

    Until it no longer hurts...

    ♫♪ And I know I should recover
    You're the bird of the summer
    I was wrong to try and capture you... ♪♫

  9. H.... ....

    I'm almost crying the song means so much to me

  10. M.... O....

    wait i have no bird of the summer *sighs* *goes on to listen to hope for the hopeless*

  11. M.... O....

    this song just makes me happy like really really happy

  12. x.... ....

    Who's Leda?

  13. G.... ....

    I came here because A Fine Frenzy is amazing and I'm not a sheep.

  14. A.... L....

    No, from The Light In The End actually :)

  15. h.... ....

    yeah it was when she had the long red hair

  16. E.... L....

    the mermaid hair video?

  17. h.... ....

    wait no...she was doing her hair

  18. h.... ....

    it was christmassss

  19. S.... ....

    I think it was a valentines say make up tutorial she did, I don't think it's on her channel anymore but someone will have reuploaded it.

  20. E.... L....

    what video was it in?

  21. Y.... ....

    LedaMonsterBunny? :o

  22. I.... I....

    From Almost Perfect, Almost Yours?

  23. A.... L....

    i love when i discover beautiful songs thanks to fanfics :)

  24. M.... ....

    this song makes me feel so happy o:

  25. S.... V....

    this reminds me of the boy i fell in love with this summer.....i should have know better.

  26. M.... M....

    This song reminds me so much of the guy I dated last summer.

  27. e.... w....

    This song brings me joy <3

  28. H.... ....

    It's so adorablee :D

  29. B.... R....

    i could listen to thing song over and overrr again :)

  30. L.... ....

    4 people lost their bird of the summer.

  31. C.... W....

    I L.O.V.E. this song<33333, she's great.

  32. R.... P....

    My life is like her songs.......-3 a fine frenzy, I feel hipster saying this but I liked her years ago -3 (

  33. A.... H....

    hailedabear sent me here<3

  34. K.... S....

    Go ahead close your eyes,
    i cant stop you now.

  35. m.... ....

    @onlyoneannabanana do not try to understand... we are like " a chosen people".. so we know things others can't. :)

  36. k.... ....

    If you go through the comments below, about 75% are about how Leda sent them here. Lol.

  37. K.... H....

    Who cares if you found this through Leda or not? It's a great song and it shouldn't matter how you heard it, as long as you've heard it.

  38. r.... ....

    amazing,
    amazing,
    amazing,
    oh did i say amazing?

  39. G.... S....

    So who heared this before Leda played it? Me! I love this song :)

  40. J.... T....

    Thank you Leda for bringing me here.
    I am absolutely in love with A Fine Frenzy now *___________*

  41. S.... V....

    Found this cus of leda

  42. a.... ....

    Leda is the reason why i fell in love with this song..! ♥

  43. i.... L....

    Leda sent meee o: Nice song. <3

  44. P.... N....

    Thanks Leda ;)

  45. C.... C....

    HaiLedaBear sent me here..

  46. c.... s....

    - Leda sent me. ♥

  47. J.... ....

    I came here because of Leda xx

  48. 1.... ....

    leda <3

  49. A.... P....

    I saw her at the warm up act for Rufus Wainwright and I was just blown away. Amazing, amazing talent

  50. M.... T....

    fell in love.

  51. M.... ....

    @mollynrsUtube "I know I should recover; you're a bird of the summer. I was wrong to try and capture you"

  52. B.... E....

    OFWGKTA all the fucking way. does beelzebub have a devil put aside for me?

  53. M.... R....

    I find myself wanting to quote something from this song, but it's just impossible to pick a few beautiful words amongst a song FULL of them.

  54. S.... P....

    @RedRoofedHouse yes it is :) and i know. i love it so, so much <3

  55. S.... P....

    i love this song so much but it gives me such a bad pit in the bottom of my stomache. It really is absolute poetry <3 I can't even handle it.

  56. M.... M....

    I think that one in everybody's life, everyone will understand and go through the message this song conveys. It is a beautiful and meaningful song. I love A Fine Frenzy! She really knows how to write a good song!

  57. R.... ....

    Is this about a summer love?
    Beacause it's just.. perfect..

  58. m.... ....

    like if you have met a bird of the summer who you will never forget <3

  59. C.... ....

    Her songs are beautiful.

  60. f.... ....

    @muiscluver51 by putting pen to paper :)

  61. E.... ....

    the three people who disliked this where birds of the summer

  62. x.... ....

    awsum..luv the poetry n song combi!! luv d lyics!!

  63. E.... W....

    i planted my kisses where the stream softly flows :)

  64. s.... ....

    Gracious, but she's phenomenal at what she does. <3

  65. N.... C....

    I favourited this song when the line "a brown-headed stranger with a five-letter name" came up ONLY to realize later that "he" has more than five letters in his name. So much for arithmetics.

  66. T.... S....

    Another perfect song - perfectly sung by Alison Sudol - I feel so blessed whenever I hear her sing - and the music is so enchanting! : )

  67. C.... C....

    @LabRat010 same here! lol.. its like you wrote this for me lol.

  68. m.... ....

    @yourfriendthenerd
    a name like terra

  69. l.... r....

    i loove this song!! (Y)

  70. L.... ....

    @voweless Like a summer romance.

  71. L.... ....

    @IAtodd Lol cheese..

  72. L.... ....

    @yourfriendthenerd Jason? Jacob? Lol..

  73. y.... ....

    Oh! I thought it was "A brown headed stranger with a violet name" but five-letter makes sense. But what is the five letter name?

  74. I.... ....

    And I thought it was "My cheese spread like fire engines racing" :) . I originally disagreed with the person who said the lyrics weren't clear, but I'm starting to agree. STILL a wonderful song, and most other songs out there have lyrics that are way less decipherable than this.

  75. I.... ....

    @hollowfeeling Not sure how that really differs from my interp except that mine extends into the following summer, when she's still naive enough to think her romance MIGHT last longer than just the summer, as she wonders whether the bird will fly in circles (return to her) or just fly away. Not sure she's completely ok with losing the first guy, though, since she compares the 2nd guy to the first and he doesn't stack up.

  76. I.... ....

    @phoenixphether How funny! The first time I found this song I must have read the lyrics b/c I was picturing her parked by the lake... A month later I wondered why I pictured her in a car, since the song CLEARLY didn't mention her being in a car. Thanks for clearing up my mental mystery!

  77. E.... ....

    i love this song!!
    but i think that part after 'flight' is, "i met someone walking in a park by the lake" cuz i dont think she'd be in her car and talking to a jogger or something. haha :D <3

  78. Z.... ....

    i have 1 thing to say...

    SUBSCRIBE TO THIS BAND

  79. I.... ....

    @IAtodd The last line poses the question of whether any of her summer beaus will return the following year.

  80. I.... ....

    @voweless The song is abouta summer romance... She really fell for a guy over the summer and he headed back home at the end of summer, and they lost touch and she met someone else the following summer, but it wasn't the same.

  81. v.... ....

    what is this song about?
    the lyrics seem to suggest that the speaker tried to start a relationship with a person who comes and goes or is not around all the time. i get the feeling its a sad song

  82. I.... ....

    Wow that's good!

  83. T.... B....

    eh she looks like the girl who played on practical magic

  84. T.... B....

    wow i really love the ending

  85. L.... ....

    I wish it were easier to understand the words lol. Great song though!

  86. R.... P....

    Great song!