The Stranglers - Valley of the Birds lyrics

Ray decided to be silly after all He'd died a 1000 times before in the viet war So he strapped himself in and he took his chances Into the valley of the bird, absurd I don't remember what it was the old man said I know I' d tempted fate a 1000 times before So we strapped ourselves in and we took such chances And had a flight for the brother who can't be Birdman, looking for the Wasteland, trying to get my Face tanned it's beautiful here Doing it we're flying in the valley of the birds- fly We decided one for all and all for one And when I do, I really want to go in style So without a sense of reason we explored Like throwing stones into the great unknown Birdman, looking for the Wasteland, trying to get my Face tanned it's beautiful here Doing it we're flying in the valley of the birds- fly