Support RP
song: Pretty Bird
artist: Jenny Lewis
album: Acid Tongue
released: 2008-09-21length: 3:43
6.8
(2961)
Pretty bird, pretty bird
Why you so still?
Pretty bird, pretty bird
We've been waiting on you

You go west for the black setting sun
You go south to the white spirit world
You go east for those real green eyes
You go north walk the good red road
Pretty bird

There's a mirror in heaven
Pretty bird, pretty bird
There's a window on earth

You go west for the black setting sun
You go south to the white spirit world
You go east for those real green eyes
You go north, walk the good red road
Pretty bird

Some pity me, yeah
Oh, pity me, yeah
Stars pity me
For the blood of the pretty
The blood of the pretty
The blood of the pretty bird

Pretty bird, pretty bird
Who's starving you still?

You go west for the black setting sun
You go south to the white spirit world
You go east for those real green eyes
You go north, walk the good red road

Pretty bird
Jenny Lewis

Jennifer Diane Lewis (born January 8, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She was the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and keyboardist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley.

Lewis gained prominence in the 1980s as a child actress, appearing in the films Troop Beverly Hills (1989) and The Wizard (1989) and the television series Brooklyn Bridge (1991–93). In the mid-1990s, Lewis semi-retired from acting to focus on her musical career, and formed Rilo Kiley in 1998 with fellow former child actor Blake Sennett. Rilo Kiley released four albums before they disbanded in 2014.

Lewis has released five solo albums: Rabbit Fur Coat (2006), Acid Tongue (2008), The Voyager (2014), On the Line (2019), and Joy'All (2023). In addition to Rilo Kiley and her solo career, Lewis has been a member of the Postal Service, Jenny & Johnny, and Nice as Fuck.

Artist Website
(more from Wikipedia)
Creative Commons BY-SA license
newestoldest
Comments ( 168 )
Posted 10 years ago by Proclivities:
jruhnke wrote:
I have no idea what this song is about.

 
It's about 3 minutes and 45 seconds.
61
1
 [   ]
Posted 6 years ago by d-don:
I'm in the middle of a long-term subbing job at a high school in southern Oregon, and as my students are working quietly in a sophomore English class, I have this on as background music. I look up to see a few heads nodding, and one young lady says, "This music rocks."

Kudos to RP. The youth of America are swinging your way.
33
0
 [   ]
Posted 8 years ago by SECA_Alan:
Great feel on this,  lovely pace and movement. Doesn't seem too hard to like? It may not be profound, but I love what she's doing, and the sparse rhythmic arrangement. 
16
0
 [   ]
Posted 6 years ago by lizardking:
d-don wrote:
I'm in the middle of a long-term subbing job at a high school in southern Oregon, and as my students are working quietly in a sophomore English class, I have this on as background music. I look up to see a few heads nodding, and one young lady says, "This music rocks."

Kudos to RP. The youth of America are swinging your way.
 
Kudos to you, d-don - for being a "cool" substitute teacher!  And your neat-o story was all I needed to bump my 7 rating to an 8 - Long Live RP!!
12
0
 [   ]
Posted 4 years ago by DanielHLloyd:
Edweirdo wrote:

You're teaching English with RP on as "background music"?  Much as I like RP I'm glad you're not teaching my children.
 
Wow. I wish he WOULD teach my children. At least he would get them listening to some good music! Music in the background is often an aid to calm anxiety so for students who are working remotely or sitting at a desk with a mask on their face I am sure this is helpful to them navigating this difficult time in education. 
9
0
 [   ]
Posted 5 years ago by garyalex:
I think what I like most about this track is the sound of the guitar.  Well played and very well recorded.
7
0
 [   ]
Posted 5 years ago by MrStatenIsle:
Boxie wrote:
Nice melody. Whats with the guitar feedback in the middle.
 

For angst and tension, sometimes a conflicted, dirty guitar will assert itself and try to crap all over a pretty song. Often times, I like it, –like here!
6
0
 [   ]
Posted 3 years ago by Grammarcop:
Ha! I was looking at a photo of a Long-billed Thrasher on Twitter when this came on. 
5
0
 [   ]
Posted 4 years ago by SRAY:
Too short, still a 8 might go 9.
5
0
 [   ]
Posted 4 years ago by zog:
Edweirdo wrote:

You're teaching English with RP on as "background music"?  Much as I like RP I'm glad you're not teaching my children.
 

After this, they're going to a kick-ass Battle of the Bands to perform a song written by their very own Zack "Zack-Attack" Mooneyham!
3
0
 [   ]
Posted 1 year ago by coloradojohn:
 Stefen wrote:

Didn't Jean-Paul Sartre imply that there are no mirrors in hell?



I've always suspected, and often said, that Life Imitates Sartre...
2
0
 [   ]
Posted 2 years ago by Stefen:
Didn't Jean-Paul Sartre imply that there are no mirrors in hell?
2
0
 [   ]
Posted 2 years ago by kbs:
 Grammarcop wrote:

Ha! I was looking at a photo of a Long-billed Thrasher on Twitter when this came on. 

I can see that being used as an excuse in the UK House of Commons shortly...
2
0
 [   ]
Posted 7 years ago by oldsaxon:
bruceandjenna wrote:
Reminds me of the space western "Firefly."

 
That was an amazing series and I see your point.... But not sure why...but yes..
3
1
 [   ]
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities:
villaridge wrote:
This is why I heisitat to comment here at Radio Paradise. For 1, there are no freaking songs rated 10. The best you all seem to muster is a muttering that 8.4 is the shit. That's for stuff like Stairway To Heaven (not to me, but to a bunch of ya), lol, and here in this new realease you gabber on about WTF. why should I comment? what does me rating a song mean when I walk into a comment section of a new song and see the self-centered, myopic, and vapid comments that are here? lol

 
What difference does it make if there are no songs rated "10"?  What would one be?  Which song would all of the thousands of members all agree on?  It's not possible.  There are several of the tunes on the playlist which are rated over 9.0 which I could do without hearing for a long time.  I generally don't care what other people like, but I do like this song and most of Jenny Lewis' material that I've heard.
I think it's the nature of the song comments to be self-centered, myopic, and vapid - except mine, of course.  
2
0
 [   ]
Posted 16 years ago by Pommie:
ooh I liked that - stopped work to listen - that's what I love about this station - things I'd never otherwise hear in the sticks in the UK right on my desktop. Kudos to RP!
2
0
 [   ]
Posted 1 year ago by timmus:
This one feels overplayed, even though I see the 30-day number is pretty average.  I wouldn't miss it if another Jenny Lewis song was chosen for awhile... she is great.
1
0
 [   ]
Posted 1 year ago by lily34:
love hearing this right after petty's shadow people. very nice.

jenny is amazing.
1
0
 [   ]
Posted 2 years ago by jelgator:
 Edweirdo wrote:

You're teaching English with RP on as "background music"?  Much as I like RP I'm glad you're not teaching my children.



Yeah I seriously doubt the Chinese have music running in the background in their classrooms and their kids can run circles around ours (U.S.) academically.

But wouldn't it be really cool, dude?  LOL

Also, screw all the Jenny haters.
2
1
 [   ]
Posted 2 years ago by B4D3neaker3:


greetings, so many wonderful words for this wonderful music by so many wonderful musicians from all parts of our beloved planet,
I love the music, and in deepest gratitude to Bill and Rebecca,
BUT, I am always blown away and love to watch the slideshow with each and every tune - incomparable visual candy . . .
how on this earth to you do this? Jedi mind tricks?

1
0
 [   ]
listen:
The Main Mix