Words - The Lovin' Spoonful

My heart like a bird that can no longer fly

In a cage made of words and I cannot say why

Rose-colored phrases have turned into lies

The longer you’re lonely the longer you die

Words used to be a way to get through

Words aren’t meaning the things they used to

I think I said that before

I don’t know why I even try

She never hears me

She never hears me

No use in talkin' 'bout words known by heart

The sound drowns in static, the words fall apart

They die in the air or stillborn and unknown

The seed never lands so our love never grows

Words used to be a way to get through

Words aren’t meaning the things they used to

I think I said that before

I don’t know why I even try

She never hears me

She never hears me

Words used to be a way to get through

Words aren’t meaning the things they used to

Think I said that before