There was a house half way round the world   And I was invited in for a small taste of gin   There was a hall with a thousand birds long   But the biggest one of them all was in a cage too small      I asked the caretaker cause he was the maker   He looked at me and laughed, took another sip from his glass and said   Open up your ears and hearts   You put a big bird in a small cage and he'll sing you a song   That we all love to sing along   To the sound of the bird that mourns(?)      Well we rolled into town on the sweet (...?)    Til the (...) burned a hole in the wall   The ceilings weren't tall, the floors weren't    But the sound they made just warmed your heart      Well it's a quarter to twelve when the boys walked in   They got their black suits on and the songs would begin   You open up your ears and hearts   You put a big bird in a small cage and he'll sing you a song   That we love to sing along   To the sound of the bird that mourns   To the sound of the bird that mourns   To the sound of the bird that mourns   To the sound of the bird that mourns   You put a big bird in a small cage and he'll sing you a song   You put a big bird in a small cage and he'll sing you a song   You put a big bird in a small cage and he'll sing you a song   You put a big bird in a small cage and he'll sing you a song