Be Like the Blue Bird Joel Grey

[MOON, spoken]
It's like Dillinger once told me: "Remember, it's always darkest just before they turn on the lights."

(sung)
There's an old Australian bush song
That Melba used to sing
A song that always cheered me when I was blue
Even Melba said this bush song
Was a helluva song to sing
So be quiet whilst I render it for you

When your instinct tells you that disaster
Is approaching you faster and faster
Then be like the blue bird and sing
"Tweet tweet, tra-la-la-la-la-la"

When you know you're headed for the jailer
Don't allow the old face to look paler
But be like the blue bird and sing
"Tweet tweet, tra-la-la-la-la-la"

Be like the blue bird, who never is blue
For he knows from his upbringing
What singing can do

Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Tra-la-la-tra-la-la-tra-la-la-la
Tra-la-tra-la-tra-la
Tra-la
Tweet tweet