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
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