12. Hey, Little Songbird

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{Jenna and the Workers disappear. Back in the surface world, Nico spots Tyler.}

{Nico approaches Tyler.}

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Nico
Hey, little songbird, give me a song
I'm a busy man and I can't stay long
I got clients to call, I got orders to fill
I got walls to build, I got riots to quell

And they're giving me hell back in Dema

Hey, little songbird, cat got your tongue?
Always a pity for one so pretty and young
When poverty comes to clip your wings
And knock the wind right out of your lungs

Hey, nobody sings empty

Tyler
Strange is the call of this strange man
I wanna fly down and feed at his hand
I want a nice, soft place to land
I wanna lie down forever

Nico
Hey, little songbird, you've got something fine
You'd shine like a diamond down in the mine
And the choice is yours if you're willing to choose
Seeing as you've got nothing to lose

And I could use a canary

Tyler
Suddenly nothing is as it was
Where are you now, Joshua?
Wasn't it gonna be the two of us?
Weren't we birds of a feather?

Nico
Hey, little songbird, let me guess
He's some kind of poet and he's penniless
Give him your hand, he'll give you his hand-to-mouth
He'll write you a poem when the power is out

Hey, why not fly south for the winter?

Hey, little songbird, look all around you
See how the vipers and vultures surround you
And they'll take you down, they'll pick you clean
If you stick around such a desperate scene

See, people get mean when the chips are down

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