I swear it was sent, it was sent (uh), it was sent, it was sent (yeah), uh, yeah
Uh, yeah, uh, yeah

It's a bird delay
Pigeon should be comin', just gonna be late
Watched it fly, got witnesses who will say
That the damn birdie took a dump upon their face
And that's hard facts, that's a mem'ry that's got to stay
So I don't think you can say that that story is fake
It's a tale that's solid as the next thing I'll say
Which is listin' off ways pigeons can get waylaid
Got kids that throw rocks, random lightin' bolt shocks
So many beasts could've eaten it up
Gotta tell ya, they taste good, hits the sweetest spot
Might be trained to avoid all that does harm
But can't stop all of the harmful stuff 'cause
That's too much effort to pull it off, it's hopeless

Uh, it's a bird delay (hoo-ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-ooh-ooh-hoo-ooh-ooh)
Pigeon should be comin', just gonna be late
It's a bird delay
Swear that thing is comin', somethin's in it's way (pigeon should be comin', just gonna be late), don't know what, okay?
Can't see that far a distance, we both have to wait
I better send another just in case

All the possibilities and reasons
You haven't got my message yet are just teemin'
Could drive me to madness each time I'm seein'
A message from you that's somehow screamin'
I need to know 'bout your birds, what seals 'em
From the eagles and other things that could eat 'em
There's somethin' wrong with mine, that's what I'm feelin'
Been reusin' yours, would really suck to see 'em
Fall to the same dumb problems as mine, I'm seethin'
My whole stash of birds is emptier now
Still got a couple dozen left but they're whittlin' down
Send knights on the same path, they're less killable now
Hope they find a ditch full of dead pigeons, just wow
A bit cynical now, I'm bitter right now

Uh, uh, it's a bird delay (hoo-ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-ooh-ooh-hoo-ooh-ooh)
Pigeon should be comin', just gonna be late
It's a bird delay
You'll get your damn message, don't send more my way (pigeon should be comin', just gonna be late), kinda rude, okay?
I still don't know what's happened to the forty-eight
Dumb birds that somehow cannot find their way

I hope they haven't flown off somewhere far away
Damn pigeons should be comin', don't know why they're late
I'd ask my bird supplier if they have been trained
But that'd run into the same delay
Hoo-ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo-ooh-ooh-hoo-ooh-ooh
Ho-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, ho-oh-oh-oh
Ho-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh