He wasn't mine, it's true, I took him for my own
I said, dear, it's not forever, it's just because we're both alone
Come around here when the sun goes dark, let's be horses in the sheets
Let's put the shiver in the silence but know it's something we can't keep
And how he pines, the little starling
And I don't want no part of this
And I gave him fair warning
In the reflection of the windshield, I think I saw him fall
His eyes a shade of sorrow, something so dull I don't recall
And how he pines, my little starling
And I don't want no part of this
And I gave him fair warning
He folds his hands and says it's real
Says please and calls my name
Promises mountains of devotion
But rings and chains are all the same
And how he pines, my little starling
And I don't want no part of this
And I gave him fair warning
Just got too involved in all this
And I gave him fair warning
