Lyric

It is not easy to come back

But it is possible. Ask the bird in the sky

Bird told us a story of the crested ibis — his kin

"A century ago, the sky was full of wings

Then hunting, logging — rapidly, the population thin

By my father's time, extinction was a beginning, not a fear of things."

It was hard to watch. It was harder to act

But citizens, researchers — a human chain —

Chose to breed, to release, to bring them back

"They wanted the sky to be full again."

It is important to remember. It is brave to try

We want you to look up — one wing can fill the sky

Words are power. Words are light

To save a bird is to save a reason why

The cheetah runs, the sea otter floats, the killer whale sings —

Each one is in danger of a silent end

Climate, oil spills, a traffic accident of things —

The ecosystem is a letter we forgot to send

"As a result of care, my kin continue today

Nowadays the chicks reach the sky each spring."

Bird looked far. "I want you to know one thing:

No one is born to disappear. Not one wing."

It is important to remember. It is brave to try

We want the world to look up — wings across the sky

Words are power. Words are light

To save a bird is to save a reason why

One wing. Then two. Then a survived spring

Ask the bird in the sky. He is still here — and he still sings