Motherly Love

Oh, you poor little thing
Baby bird with a broken wing 
Let me care for you and sew you up 
Tenderly with needle and string 
Now you have become mine 
Baby bird, once you’re fine
Promise not to fly away

Oh look at you, all skin and bones 
I simply cannot bear your pained moans
Let me repair you with motherly love
Ridding all sticks and stones 
Now there’s no one to hurt you but me
Baby bird, I mustn’t set you free
You belong by Mother’s side

Oh little bird, how pitiable you are
Coughing up the love pills in your food
Let me pour you more from my jar 
The purest motherly love imbued
Now you will never die alone 
Stay with Mother, safe and sewn
Resting together under our tombstone