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Flightless Bird, American Mouth (Wedding Version)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Iron & Wine
Iron & Wine
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sam Beam
Sam Beam
Songwriter
Rob Burger
Rob Burger
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Stewart Whitmore
Stewart Whitmore
Editing Engineer
Craig Kallman
Craig Kallman
Executive Producer
Julie Greenwald
Julie Greenwald
Executive Producer
Stephen Marcussen
Stephen Marcussen
Mastering Engineer
Alexander Patsavas
Alexander Patsavas
Producer
Brian Deck
Brian Deck
Producer
Paul Katz
Paul Katz
Producer
Rob Burger
Rob Burger
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I was a quick wet boy
Diving too deep for coins
All of your street light eyes
Wide on my plastic toys
[Verse 2]
Then when the cops closed the fair
I cut my long baby hair
Stole me a dog-eared map
And called for you everywhere
[Verse 3]
Have I found you?
Flightless bird
Jealous, weeping
Or lost you?
American mouth
Big pill looming
[Verse 4]
Now I'm a fat house cat
Nursing my sore blunt tongue
Watching the warm poison rats
Curl through the wide fence cracks
Pissing on magazine photos
Those fishing lures
Thrown in the cold and clean
Blood of Christ mountain stream
[Verse 5]
Have I found you?
Flightless bird
Grounded, bleeding
Or lost you?
American mouth
Big pill stuck going down
Written by: Sam Beam
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