Wilco - Hummingbird Lyrics

His goal in life was to be an echo 

Riding alone, town after town, toll after toll 

A fixed bayonet through the great southwest to forget her 



She appears in his dreams 

But in his car and in his arms 

A dream can mean anything 

A cheap sunset on a television set can upset her 

But he never could 



Remember to remember me 

Standing still in your past 

Floating fast like a hummingbird 



His goal in life was to be an echo 

The type of sound that floats around and then back down 

Like a feather 

But in the deep chrome canyons of the loudest Manhattans 

No one could hear him 

Or anything 



So he slept on a mountain 

In a sleeping bag underneath the stars 

He would lie awake and count them 

And the gray fountain spray of the great Milky Way 

Would never let him 

Die alone 



Remember to remember me 

Standing still in your past 

Floating fast like a hummingbird 



Remember to remember me 

Standing still in your past 

Floating fast like a hummingbird 



A hummingbird 

A hummingbird