Bad Sign

I was walking down the sidewalk one sunny day Head up, face forward, baking in the heat Cars and motorcycles on their merry way Got no bone to pick with a two-way street Marching down to Woolworth's for a sixty cent lunch Swaying to the rhythm of the transistor beat When out of the blue I feel a gnarly crunch And find a dead red bird underneath my feet That's gotta be a really bad sign, right? I lost my appetite It's going good and then it's bad Your life is happy, then it's sad You're up, then down You float, then drown You're confident, then barking mad I changed trajectory and went to see my friend He's self-employed, so I knew he would be at home It wasn't long until he came to let me in Even though he was connected to his phone This was the first time I'd stepped inside his house It was a war zone or the remnants of a cyclone Something ran in front of me, I think it was a mouse I finally understood why he lived on his own I dug a trail to a chair There was a cat decaying there It's going good and then it's bad Your life is happy, then it's sad You're up, then down You float, then drown You're confident, then barking mad These are bad tidings No silver linings It's gotta be a really bad sign, right? I've lost my appetite It's going good and then it's bad Your life is happy, then it's sad You're up, then down You float, then drown You're confident, then barking mad Lyrics 2026 Wingfield Ace Music Project