Hummingbird Highway

Columbines are coming up down by the gate

Pouring out sugar water on a broken plate

And I've dressed up my best dolls to celebrate

You coming home from the hummingbird highway

But the hour has come and the hour has passed

Just when I think they've got you at last

And the pirates have tied you to the galleon's mast

You coming home from the hummingbird highway

Every time you round the bend

I'll jump into your arms again

You know my kind, I'm the hummingbird's friend

I'll help you find your way back home

You're laying out the treasures you brought for me

Cinnamon bark from a cinnamon tree

And a stone that you saw clear at the bottom of the sea

Back from the hummingbird highway

But I never could imagine, I never could have guessed

You're opening the clasp on a tiny golden chest

It's a hummingbird's shell in a hummingbird's nest

Back from the hummingbird highway

Every time you round the bend

I'll jump into your arms again

You know my kind, I'm the hummingbird's friend

I'll help you find your way

And a hummingbird, you know he doesn't sing

The humming comes from his flapping wings

And he only likes the sweetest things

Only likes the sweetest things

I'm putting out the cinnamon rolls while they're hot

Pouring out tea from a china blue pot

And I don't think you're happy, no, I know that you're not

You can't blame it on the hummingbird highway

You say it's the older you feel, it's the older I get

Your highest of highs and your deepest regret

And no one ever says if you've gotten there yet

Can't blame it on the hummingbird highway

'Cause you know I know sometimes instead

You just get lost inside your head

And sometimes can't get out of bed

Now you're getting out of bed

And here you come around the bend

The pirates sent you back again

I'll raise my flag, I'm the hummingbird's friend

I'll help you find your way

Every time you round the bend

I'll jump into your arms again

And we'll fly

We'll fly, we'll fly