Dar Williams - I Saw A Bird Fly Away lyrics

I asked the habitual partygoer Just how high she thought she'd get And I asked the ethereal girls If they were floating yet And so I asked the light of the day What's this rush for heaven Then I saw a bird fly away And I could not ask again The tabloid-tainted actress knows The myth of higher ground The thing she got from playing a nun She got from sleeping around And so I asked the light of the day What's this rush for heaven Then I saw a bird fly away And I could not ask again And i've been running uphill panting Punching at the air Fighting what's been pushing me down Like I can't see it there And so I asked the light of the day What's this rush for heaven Then I saw a bird fly away And I could not ask again And I saw all this climbing, climbing Just as far from heaven Then I saw a bird fly away And I started climbing again