Banking On A Myth Andrew Bird

theres a guy Id like to thank he signs the checks and leaves them blank hes the one he says you dont have to walk a plank the game is rigged, go fig your slide show tanked, and your flagship sank

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

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?

How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm Andrew Bird

up close to mother And he asked her with a grin Chorus (sung twice after each verse): How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm After they've seen Paree' How ya gonna keep 'em away from Broadway Jazzin around

Skin is，My Andrew Bird

My skin is White as parchment Drier than a downtown office building Where the air is tight There's time spent Resting on her bones Waiting for the telephone to ring Ba-ring ba-ring ba-ring . . .

Skin Andrew Bird

my skin is white as parchment drier than a downtown office building where the air is tight there's time spent resting on her bones waiting for the telephone to ring ba-ring ba-ring ba-ring . . . bo-ring

Fiery Crash Andrew Bird

Two stars are 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

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 collide

Way Out West Andrew Bird

way going to town Don't know who he is or what he's done But it sure sounds sweet rolling off the tongue Yeah it sure sounds sweet rolling off the tongue If I was in an old hotel That happened to be on

Fitz And The Dizzyspells Andrew Bird

Comes and goes Like in fits and dizzy spells Like the weather And it blows Like it knows what's going wrong Like it's clever Has a name but the name goes unspoken Weather wanes Were all twisted

Skin Is, My Andrew Bird

Yo, this is somethin' new by notorious-ass, Above the Law In the motherfuckin' place The Illustrator KM.G Yo 187, you gotta let 'em know what's goin' on See, I'm like a psycho, I meditate with a beat I

Lull Andrew Bird

being alone it can be quite romantic like jacques cousteau underneath the atlantic a fantastic voyage to parts unknown going to depths where the sun`s never shone and i fascinate myself when i`m alone

Measuring Cups Andrew Bird

way things are I'm not the white knight in your fantasy But I could be your wildest dream I might ride with the wind, I might follow the sun I gotta go where I've never been 'Cause my heart beats to a

Heretics Andrew Bird

Born host to a tongue so sing a song about it Held a breath for too long till we're half sick about it Tell us what we did wrong, then you can blame us for it Turn the clamp on our thumbs so we're down

Not A Robot, But A Ghost Andrew Bird

I run the numbers through the 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

Sovay Andrew Bird

Then you realize that you're riding on the para-success of a heavy-handed metaphor ? And a feeling like you've been here before 'cause you've been here before And you've been here before ?

Anonanimal Andrew Bird

See a sea anemone, the enemy see a sea anemone And that'll be the end of me While the vicious fish was caught unawares In the tenderest of tendrils See a sea anemone, the enemy see a sea anemone And

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.

Don't Be Scared Andrew Bird

whenever paul 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

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

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

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

Richmond Woman Andrew Bird

Give her a red lipstick and a bright pair of shoes A new bob haircut and a shot of good booze her/(hurry?)

Fake Palindromes Andrew Bird

You should have died with the monsters what talk Monsters what walk the earth And she's got red lipstick, and a bright pair of shoes And she's got knee high socks, what to cover a bruise She's got an old

The Naming Of Things Andrew Bird

Met the girl I, I love in a town way down in Dixie Beneath the stars up above She was the sweetest girl I ever did see So I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms I kissed her while the guitars

Action / Adventure Andrew Bird

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, youre wasting mine when youre playing for a

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?

Action／Adventure Andrew Bird

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, you`re wasting mine when you`re playing for a

MX Missiles Andrew Bird

Well together we stand divided we fall Come on now people let's all get on the ball Let's work together Come on, come one, let's work together Here here now because together we will stand Every boy, every

Gotholympians Andrew Bird

My pitiful sorrows have seen more tomorrows than yours My rain really pours At least more than yours At least more than yours In the depths of my sadness there's a beautiful madness you see It's right

The Trees Were Mistaken Andrew Bird

This is a story, some kind of a story this is a story about about a boy and girl, a girl and a boy, a boy. ( ), only fighting. that some boy in the dark while he learned to evolve inverted crystal mountain

Natural Disaster Andrew Bird

Look upon the field of snow and find the desert sea Under the ice the springs will flow to release Fecundates like a natural disaster, disaster From the first drop of water to the rage of Niagara Collapse

Spanish For Monsters Andrew Bird

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

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 still

Armchairs Andrew Bird

I dreamed you were a cosmonaut Of the space between our chairs And I was a cartographer Of the tangles in your hair I sang the song that silence brings It's the one that everybody knows, everybody knows

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

Sweetbreads Andrew Bird

When I was a little boy I threw away my action toys I became obsessed with operation with Hearts and minds and certain glands You learn to keep a steady hand And thus began a morbid fascination with...

Auld Lang Syne Andrew Bird

Should old acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind Should all acquaintance be forgot And auld lang syne For auld lang syne my dear For auld lang syne We'll take a cup o' kindness yet For auld

Bein' Green Andrew Bird

tend to pass you over 'Cause you're not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water Or stars in the sky But green's the color of spring And green can be cool and friendly like Green can be big like a

Spare-Ohs Andrew Bird

The finches and sparrows build nests in my chimney With remains of the small flightless birds that you failed to protect But the yolk isn't easy in fact it's a drag As they're blowin' through cornfields

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

Imitosis Andrew Bird

but hear the voice It was anything but hear the voice That says that we're all basically alone Poor Professor Pension had only good intentions When he put his Bunsen burners all away And turned into a

Nomenclature Andrew Bird

It's time we asked the sea and say Could you bring a different nomenclature?

Scythian Empires Andrew Bird

The routed by some Achaean's and thwarted by the Thracian's The Scythian Empire Scythian Empire, exiting empire Scythian Empire, exiting empire Routed by some Achaean's and thwarted by the Thracian's A

Masterswarm Andrew Bird

Come what may, lay your eggs where it's warm We come here to swarm Come by sea, swarm like smoke in the dawn We were the young, we were the swarm Radiolarians, midges and moths cut from a cloth We

The Happy Birthday Song Andrew Bird

Well, I knew a man named Campbell He'd cheat and steal and gamble And I guess, he tried most everything lowdown He was out tomcattin' last night When he got in a great big fight And then a big policeman

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

Darkmatter Andrew Bird

When I was just a little boy I threw away all of my action toys While I became obsessed with Operation With hearts and minds and certain glands You gotta learn to keep a steady hand And thus began my morbid

Masterfade Andrew Bird

is new Believe me, dear My mind is clear He's smiling at me He thinks he's won the night I'm laughing at him Imagine what you like I know he's seen Inside I'm green But still he's blind To what goes on

Sic Of Elephants Andrew Bird

When you're too content to make a fuss Can't you see how dangerous?