Oh No Andrew Bird

In the salsify mains of what was thought but unsaid All the calcified arithmetists were doing the math It would take a calculated blow to the head To light the eyes of all the harmless sociopaths Oh

Richmond Woman Andrew Bird

down-sweet daddy, I’m blowing your horn oh if you come too late no no, your mama' will be gone come along young man, everything's sitting right here my husband's gone away till next Saturday night her/

Banking On A Myth Andrew Bird

tanked, and your flagship sank so were taking all our myths to the bank so just dont, dont forget to thank were taking our myths to the drinking a fifth to the were taking all our myths to the bank, oh

Oh Sister Andrew Bird

Oh, sister, when I come to lie in your arms Please do not treat me like a stranger. Our Father would not like the way that you act And you must realize the danger.

Skin is，My Andrew Bird

My skin is Cold as her toes on the bathroom floor Run back to bed and slam the door Oh what a lovely sound Oh how it shakes the ground Oh what a lovely sound Oh what a lovely sound Oh what a lovely

Skin Andrew Bird

resting on her bones waiting for the telephone to ring ba-ring ba-ring ba-ring . . . bo-ring bo-ring bo-ring . . . my skin is cold as her toes on the bathroom floor run back to bed and slam the door oh

Opposite Day Andrew Bird

I got home this morning with the sun right in my eyes And there was no warning as it took me by surprise as it Hit me like an Act of God, causing my alarm That I had now become a cephalopod I still

The Privateers Andrew Bird

can see your house from here Now leaves have fallen, dear I can see you're just a little privateer As your confession draws more near Time and again I find I'm listless or rather fistless In time, oh

Fiery Crash Andrew Bird

missing me Jet waves are driving me Things in nicer motions We are hauling to space G force is twisting the faith with superstition A fatal premonition You know you've got to envision The fiery crash Oh

Happy Day Andrew Bird

Some day Some happy day Some day I'll find I live before I die some day Oh Lord, some day Some day Some happy day Some day I'll find The one with eyes that say those words I cannot find I hope I live before

Masterswarm Andrew Bird

Radiolarians, midges and moths cut from a cloth We were the young, we were the swarm Flailing fetal fleas, feeding from the arms of the master Burrow into me and this is sure to misspell disaster Oh

Nomenclature Andrew Bird

Nomenclature's washing away, oh it's washing us all away Nomenclature's washing away, oh it's washing us all away

Sweetbreads Andrew Bird

oh and the sweetest sweetbread of them all within the kingdom of afar call them thoughts and metaphor-inations they call them sweetbreads, I could taste what you were thinking sweetbreads, that's the taste

Armchairs Andrew Bird

Time you need to learn to love The ebb just like the flow Grab hold of your bootstraps and pull like hell Until gravity feels sorry for you and lets you go As if you lack the proper chemicals to know, oh

Sovay Andrew Bird

I was getting readyo be ahreat I was getting set for my Accidental suicide The kind where no one dies no one looks too surprised ?

Simple X Andrew Bird

Some people wake up on Monday mornings Barring maelstroms and red flare warnings With no explosions and no surprises Perform a series of exercises Hold your fire Take your place around an open fire Before

Lull Andrew Bird

depths where the sun`s never shone and i fascinate myself when i`m alone so i go a little overboard but hang on to the hull while i`m airbrushing fantasy art on a life that`s really kind of dull oh

Anonanimal Andrew Bird

of me, that'll be the end of me While the vicious fish was caught unawares In the tenderest of tendrils Underneath her tender gills I will become this animal Perfectly adapted to the music halls Oh

Gotholympians Andrew Bird

don't believe So I really have to say it's all just so romantic Cause I've seen the others try and they just seem pedantic Cause when it comes to misery When it comes to misery When it comes to misery No

Cataracts Andrew Bird

promptly spat, light will fill our eyes like cats And they shall enter from the back With spears and scepters and squirming sacks Scribs and tangles between their ears Faceless scrumbled charcoal smears, oh

Action / Adventure Andrew Bird

you think im wasting your time again im wasting your time when you pick me up in duty free thats when i thought id be the cross in your t or must see tv but if you think im wasting your time again no

Action／Adventure Andrew Bird

think i`m wasting your time again i`m wasting your time when you pick me up in duty free that`s when i thought i`d be the cross in your t or must see tv but if you think i`m wasting your time again no

Fitz And The Dizzyspells Andrew Bird

clever Has a name but the name goes unspoken Weather wanes Were all twisted and broken So soldier on, soldier on Flailing to the whir of a snack machine And muted screams of an old regime And then oh

Heretics Andrew Bird

You make your mountains of handkerchiefs Where the mascara always runs So be careful when you're done you're bound to get post natal Wait, did I just hear you say Thank God it's fatal No, we don't want

Not A Robot, But A Ghost Andrew Bird

floor Here's how it goes I crack the codes I crack the codes That end the war The Hour I pushed a note under your door Here's how it goes Things come to blows But we don't want this anymore No

Natural Disaster Andrew Bird

upon the forest floor and down upon your knees Anthurium Lacrimae decays underneath the canopies Like a natural disaster, a disaster It's the one that's been happening over and over and over again No

Spare-Ohs Andrew Bird

when it gets in their hair Across the great chasms and schisms And the sudden aneurysms Where the black ink will drip across the cuspis of your eyes And your teeth they're worth more than you can spare Oh

MX Missiles Andrew Bird

the ball Let's work together Come on, come one, let's work together Now people because together we will stand Every boy, every woman and man Yeah together we will stand Every boy, every woman and man Oh

Measuring Cups Andrew Bird

the sun I gotta go where I've never been My heart beats to a different drum It's just the way I was made I'm a renegade, I'm a renegade Don't even think about settlin' down Ain't gonna hang my hat in no

Darkmatter Andrew Bird

Noose is loosed around our necks made of DNA And every day it's growing tighter, no matter what they do or say And you can shoot right through with rays of darkmatter Just before they kick out, they kick

Skin Is, My Andrew Bird

posse's just too deep Yeah, we kick ass and take names and remain the same We live large while you sit and complain I have to break it down to all the people I know From L.A., New York, Detroit and Chicago Oh

Left Handed Kisses Andrew Bird

I don't believe everything happens for a reason To us romantics out here, that amounts to high treason I don't go in for your star-crossed lovers In the heart of a skeptic There's a question that s...

Sisyphus Andrew Bird

Sisyphus peered into the mist A stone's throw from the precipice, paused Did he jump or did he fall as he gazed into the maw of the morning mist? Did he raise both fists and say, "To hell with this...

First Song Andrew Bird

Then it was dusk in Illinois a small boy After an afternoon of carting dung hung On a rail fence, a sapped thing So weary to crying Dark was growing tall He began to hear the pond frogs all calling...

I Andrew Bird

we’re keeping busy yeah we’re bleeding stones with our machinations and our palindromes anything but hear a voice that says we’re basically alone

Weather Systems Andrew Bird

quiet quiet down she said speaking to the back of his head on the edge of her bed i can see your blood flow your cells grow hold still a while don`t spill the wine i can see it all from here i can ...

Don't Be Scared Andrew Bird

thinks of rain, swallows fall in a wave and tap on his window with their beaks whenever paul thinks of snow, soft winds blow round his head and his phone rings just once late at night-like a bird

Effigy Andrew Bird

If you come to find me affable Build a replica for me Would the idea to you be laughable Of a pale facsimile? So will you come to burn an effigy? It should keep the flies away And when you long to ...

Tenuousness Andrew Bird

Tenuous at best was all he had to say When pressed about the rest of it, the world that is From proto-Sanskrit Minoans to Porto-centric Lisboans Greek Cypriots and and harbor-sorts who hang around ...

Souverian Andrew Bird

The bells will ring Church steeple's catching fire And if you promise spring Then I know you are a liar Cause in the spring Tender grasses won't burn easily The thrushes sing Still my lover won't r...

A Nervous Tic Motion Of The Head To The Left Andrew Bird

Over prescribed under the mister we had survived to turn on the history channel and ask our esteemed panel why are we alive and here's how they replied you're what happens when two substances colli...

Fake Palindromes Andrew Bird

My dewy eyed, Disney bride what has triedSwapping your blood with formaldehydeMonsters, whiskey-plied voices cried fratricideJesus, don't you know that you coulda died?You should have died with the...

Masterfade Andrew Bird

He's perfectAt least within his dreamsHe's perfectTo satisfy my schemeHe doesn't know my nameI don't recall his nameAnd though it's trueMy flesh is newBelieve me, dearMy mind is clearHe's smiling a...

The Naming Of Things Andrew Bird

Met the girl I, I love in a town way down in DixieBeneath the stars up aboveShe was the sweetest girl I ever did seeSo I held her in my arms and told her of her many charmsI kissed her while the gu...

Tables and Chairs Andrew Bird

Stop stop going aroundWith the girl that I loveShe's already takenShe's all sewn upIt'll only end in tearsShe'll only break your heartIf my fist doesn't get youBefore she tears you apartYou better ...

The Happy Birthday Song Andrew Bird

Well, I knew a man named CampbellHe'd cheat and steal and gambleAnd I guess, he tried most everything lowdownHe was out tomcattin' last nightWhen he got in a great big fightAnd then a big policeman...

Headsoak Andrew Bird

I was walkingWith my feetA dispositionFell over meThe armory wall was bleedingThe restless child was readingI was swimmingCould hardly standThe swimming hour was at handThe fishes they were feeding...

Spanish For Monsters Andrew Bird

All alone now, guess I'm satisfiedAll alone now, guess I'm satisfied Lil' bit older now, guess I'm satisfied What a dream life would seemIf only they'd let you keep your etch-a-sketch What a dream ...

Way Out West Andrew Bird

Elder Green is dead and goneLost his way going to townDon't know who he is or what he's doneBut it sure sounds sweet rolling off the tongueYeah it sure sounds sweet rolling off the tongueIf I was i...

Bein' Green Andrew Bird

It's not easy bein' greenHaving to spend each daythe color of the leavesWhen you could be somethingso much nicerLike red or yellowAquamarine or somethingmore colorful like thatIt's not easy bein' g...