Selling Rope (Swan Dive To Estuary) lyrics

As I swan dive into the estuary, the birds do not flinch at my fall They perch in the rafters, before, during, after: They do not notice me at all As I float down into the estuary, wind cases my body in cool I smell petrol fumes, see the smoke rise in plumes: The Earth is one big fireball The Earth is one big fireball Anecdote, lie My own alibi I've been telling jokes Piled notes high My own alibi I've been selling rope As I break the film of the estuary, the seaweed submerges my form No passing cars stop, not a single jaw drops, as my wallet and keys sink before A splash all I left in the world Anecdote, lie My own alibi I've been telling jokes Piled notes high My own alibi I've been selling rope Once held a magpie in the palm of my hand and the blood in our veins flowed faster, as I'd planned Got a heart full of love and a head full of more but a fist full of threads from the seams And I saw a smile in that beak Anecdote, lie My own alibi I've been telling jokes Piled notes high My own alibi I've been selling rope Oh, I was a bird right then, one day I will be again I've been telling jokes and selling rope to you Oh, I was a bird right then, one day I will be again I've been telling jokes and selling rope to you Oh, I was a bird right then, one day I will be again I've been telling jokes and selling rope to you Oh, I was a bird right then, one day I will be again I've been telling jokes and selling rope to you There's no ticker-tape, no golden gate No carnival and no parade Just one, one for sorrow There's no ticker-tape, no golden gate No carnival and no parade Just one, one for sorrow