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Ima jedna plava ptica u mom srcu koja
želi da izađe
ali sam ja isuviše opasan za nju,
kažem joj, ostani unutra, neću
da te bilo ko
vidi.

ima jedna plava ptica u mom srcu koja
želi da izađe
ali ja je nalivam viskijem i udišem
dim od cigareta
tako da kurve i barmeni
i bakalini
nikad ne saznaju
da je
unutra.

ima jedna plava ptica u mom srcu koja
želi da izađe
ali sam ja isuviše opasan za nju,
kažem joj,
miruj, je l’ hoćeš nešto da
zabrljaš?
hoćeš da zajebeš
stvar?
hoćeš da mi urnišeš prodaju knjiga u
Evropi?

ima jedna plava ptica u mom srcu koja
želi da izađe
ali sam ja pametan čovek, pustim je napolje
samo ponekad noću
kad svi živi spavaju.
kažem joj, znam da si tu,
i zato ne budi
tužna.
onda je vratim nazad,
ali ona pomalo pevuši
unutra, nisam je baš pustio da
umre
i onda tako spavamo
zajedno
sa našim
tajnim paktom
i sve je to dovoljno lepo da
bi čovek mogao
da zaplače, ali ja ne
plačem, a
vi?

bluebird

there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I’m too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I’m not going
to let anybody see
you. there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pour whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he’s
in there
 there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I’m too tough for him,
I say,
stay down, do you want to mess
me up?
you want to screw up the
works?
you want to blow my book sales in
Europe?

there’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I’m too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody’s asleep.
I say, I know that you’re there,
so don’t be
sad.
then I put him back,
but he’s singing a little
in there, I haven’t quite let him
die
and we sleep together like
that
with our
secret pact
and it’s nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don’t
weep, do
you?