Joan Baez - Glad Bluebird of Happiness lyrics

I was walking down the road
Not caring much where I was going
A heavy pack upon my back
My worldly goods within a sack of loneliness
When fluttered by this bird of blue, he said
"I'll tell you what I'll do
Since you seem to be so sad
I will try and be your glad
Bluebird of happiness"

And he goes flying out over the ocean blue
Bound for places I'm not known to

I decided to follow him
My thoughts have faded dim since then
Blown foggy by the wind a paced
As from shore to shore we race
Move from place to place
The moon is hot, the stars
Are cold i've been there, that's how I know
I've touched the desert sunset's coat
Tasted of the melted snows of Kilimanjaro
And he goes flying out over the ocean blue
Bound for places I'm not known to

I'll follow that bird until he dies and
When he does then so will I
I know I'll never be the same
LiFe for me is bound to change
When death ends the chase
I'll lift his body from the sea
Pat him dry in a tradewind breeze
Find some merry christmas hues
Wrap him up and give him to you
My bluebird of happiness

And he goes flying out over the ocean blue
Bound for places I'm not known to