The Loneliest Bird in the World

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for FAWM 2018

RIP Nigel and Martha
www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/nigel-the-lonely-gannet-dies-just-weeks-after-getting-some-real-friends/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_(passenger_pigeon)

The birdcall at the beginning is the extinct Kauai 'O'o.

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In the darkest hours of the night, when Nigel thinks of love,
he hunkers down and waits for it to pass
Nigel with his concrete friends, high above the noise
of all the faraway things he doesn't miss

Think of heartbreak, think of sadness,
Nigel, when you're feeling bad,
Think of all the birds who broke your heart

Yeah, everybody thinks
They're the loneliest bird in the world
Everybody hurts
So stop crying
Stop crying

Martha at the Cincinnati Zoo
Staring blindly through the bars and thinking of someone she's lost
Think of all the friends you once had,
Martha, when you're feeling bad,
You've just lost touch, I'm sure they're out there somewhere

Cause everybody thinks
They're the loneliest bird in the world
Everybody hurts
So stop crying
Stop crying

(At least those friends were there for him
Maybe they were listening)

Martha's gone at twenty-nine, and in the place where she died, a sweet Carolina singer stayed and sang and passed away

Nigel's gone but Norman stayed and nested in the bed he'd made beside the concrete mate he never left

(At least those friends were there for him
Maybe they were listening)

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released February 7, 2018

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