Martha's House

Verse 1

Martha made

Made our house

A home

Neighbors got their dander up

Hearin the sander runnin agin

Down the rough edges

Verse 2

They be yellin at me

Girge

Like she always did

Hook

Girge

What you doin

Out

In the shed

Its 2 am

For gods sake

Put a drop of oil

In that motor

Yoll wake the neighbors

Verse 3

My little

Bird Nerd

Chaser

I lived then and now

For Marthas house

Bridge

I set all the bags

Of seed

Aside

Need to make room

Sawdust in my eye agin

That's all that is

Verse 4

Martha

Here's the house

Like I knows

Yo always wanted made

Chorus

I should of

Could of

Wood of

Made you the home

Yo always

Wanted me to make for you

Verse 5

I am the Alcatraz man

And you were

My only little bird

Your

Ornithologist club

Called again

Wanting to be buyin

A Martha house

I can't se me partin

So I ant sellin

Outro

The Alcatraz man

Cant sleep knowing

The only house

She ever wanted built

Was shelved

By a bird brain man

Its 2 am

And I been buildn

Sandin

More shelves

To hold number 100

Of Martha's Birdhouse

© 2026 John Osinga. All rights reserved. St Thomas On.