Birdsong

from Vol. 1 by Sadie Gustafson-Zook

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Birdsong is a ditty of a lament about being a woman in nature and feeling unsafe. One day I was walking to the bus and I heard someone whistling at me. I looked around, a bit on edge, and after a bit realized that a cardinal had just sung a little song. I found it kind of concerning and poetic that hearing a bird sing immediately made me fearful, so I wrote this song on the bus.

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Birdsong
By Sadie Gustafson-Zook

Birdsong makes me squirm
cause I’ve learned
to assume it’s from a man
Standing by the road
cig in tow
making all kinds of demands

“Smile, sugar- sweet”
Eyes concrete
I stare intensely
trying to appear
so austere
with a pinch of strong and angry

I like looking bad
like a bag
feeling the security
of knowing no ones there
who would care
or make remakes at me

When I’m feeling fine
I resign
to the fact that there are eyes
who won’t let me be
as carefree
as they were when they were 9

I wish I could be
safe inside my skin

I was nine when I
skated by
and a big white truck stopped by me
Two grown men were there
I was scared
and they whistled at my hiney

Please stop staring
it would be
one thing if I thought you knew me
But I don’t think you do
and it’s rude
I should know cause I like staring

I wish I could be
safe inside my skin

Birdsong makes me squirm
cause I’ve learned
to assume it’s from a man
Standing by the road
cigarette in tow
making all kinds of demands

Ooh, ooh, ooh

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from Vol. 1, released January 15, 2021

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Sadie Gustafson-Zook Goshen, Indiana

The act of creating something tangible is the air Sadie Gustafson-Zook breathes. Her songwriting weaves an internal dialogue, the stories she tells herself, warm melodies and clever chords into something real, something she can physically feel with her hands and her throat. And chances are that you’ll be able to feel them too. ... more

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