Half fast and seldom seen
He don't blip the radar screen
On the deck below the dune

Under the commander's moon
Strange bird from a different nest
Flying low not like all the rest

God only knows where the strange
bird goes when he's flyin'
Everybody's trying to find him

But they don't know where to start
The ornithologist lady says that he has wings on his heart


Strange bird from a different nest
Flying low not like all the rest
If you can't catch him, you can't claim him

If you can't see him you can't name him
Stay on the ground or he will shoot you down
Wings on his heart, he's a strange bird


His only home is in the skies
Slicing through the cloudy pie

Above the whole Caribbean
Moves the swift amphibian


Strange bird from a different nest
Flying low not like all the rest
If you can't catch him, you can't claim him

If you can't see him you can't name him
Stay on the ground or he will shoot you down
Wings on his heart, he's a strange bird

Watch out girl, he's a strange bird

But he's in love with the lady of the waters

And she lives somewhere up around Cheauxvan
He's gonna circle high above her runway of love
Until she gives him her permission to land


Strange bird from a different nest
flying low not like all the rest

If you can't catch him, you can't claim him
If you can't see him you can't name him
Stay on the ground or he will shoot you down

If you can't see him you can't claim him
If you can't see him, you can't name him
Stay on the ground or he will shoot you down

Wings on his heart, he's a strange bird

Strange bird flying low

Cross the Gulf of Mexico
Strange bird, not like all the rest
Wath out girl, he's a strange bird

Shoot you down, he's a strange bird
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a strange bird