The Lord God Bird- Sufjan Stevens

This is a song about the Ivory Billed Woodpecker, which was once thought extinct, until it was sighted near Brinkley Arkansas in the spring of 2005. It is known to some as the "great god bird" because of its beauty. There is a fascinating NPR story about this town and Stevens' song located here. 

The Lord God Bird- Sufjan Stevens (2005)

In the delta sun, down in Arkansas
It’s the great god bird with its altar call
And the sewing machine, the industrial god
On the great bayou where they saw it fall
It’s the great god bird down in Arkansas
And the hunters beware, or the fishers fall
And paradise might close from its safe flight flawed
It’s the great god bird through it all

And the watchers beware, lest they see it fall
And paradise might laugh when at last it falls
And the sewing machine, the industrial god
And it’s the great god bird with its altar call
Yes, it’s the great god bird with its altar call
Yes, it’s the great god bird through it all