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

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

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

Measuring Cups Andrew Bird

Baby, I go too fast, too far Let's get it straight now, the 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

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

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

Action／Adventure Andrew Bird

now if you 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

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

Anonanimal Andrew Bird

sea anemone, the enemy see a sea anemone And that'll be the end 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

The Privateers Andrew Bird

Don't sell me anything Your one time offer so uncalled for, you call it piece of mind 'Cause I can see your house from here Now leaves have fallen, dear I can see you're just a little privateer As

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

Headsoak Andrew Bird

I was walking With my feet A disposition Fell over me The armory wall was bleeding The restless child was reading I was swimming Could hardly stand The swimming hour was at hand The fishes they were feeding

Masterfade Andrew Bird

He's perfect At least within his dreams He's perfect To satisfy my scheme He doesn't know my name I don't recall his name And though it's true My flesh is new Believe me, dear My mind is clear He's smiling

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...

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

The Trees Were Mistaken Andrew Bird

the trash for the sound of the blowing leaves along the southfield freeway. my name is a blackbird, this is a two tone. feathers are warm in molasses, twisting the words from the solids to gases. now i

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 ?

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

Gotholympians Andrew Bird

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 here on my sleeve You must not believe I

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

Action / Adventure Andrew Bird

now if 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

Sisyphus Andrew Bird

Let it roll, let it crash down low There's a house down there but I lost it long ago Let it roll, let it crash down low See my house down there but I lost it long ago Well, I let the rock roll

Way Out West Andrew Bird

Elder Green is dead and gone Lost his 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

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.

The Water Jet Cilice Andrew Bird

I knew this one girl Drowned in her own curls Candy colored swirls That never seemed to end I could not comprehend Half what she said to me So casually All our tender ears would bend Tales of ritual self-torture

Bein' Green Andrew Bird

be cool and friendly like Green can be big like a mountain Important like a river Or tall like a tree When green is all that you can be It sort of makes you wonder why Why wonder why wonder why wonder I

Spare-Ohs Andrew Bird

drip across the cuspis of your eyes And your teeth they're worth more than you can spare Oh don't tell me that it just isn't fair Don't speak about the cycles of life 'Cause your thoughts are so soft I

Masterswarm Andrew Bird

, they put my body through a scan What they saw there would impress them all for inside me grows a man Who speaks with perfect diction as he orders my eviction As he acts with more conviction than I,

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

Tables and Chairs Andrew Bird

Stop stop going around With the girl that I love She's already taken She's all sewn up It'll only end in tears She'll only break your heart If my fist doesn't get you Before she tears you apart You better

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

Fiery Crash Andrew Bird

You know you've got to envision The fiery crash Oh, close your eyes and you wake up Face stuck to a vinyl settee Oh, a lot is starting to break off Just as you were starting to say Someday I'll propose I

Fake Palindromes Andrew Bird

she's been meaning to use She's got blood in her eyes, in her eyes for you She's got blood in her eyes for you Certain fads, stripes and plaids, some singles ads They run you hot and cold like a rheostat I

MX Missiles Andrew Bird

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 I

Heretics Andrew Bird

about some credit now Credit is due for the damage that was done We have wrought upon ourselves and others With this blow and vicious gun And although pratfalls can be fun, encores can be fatal And then I

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

Skin is，My Andrew Bird

Is my love is It's the only thing that Butterfly in Thailand Let it be printed on every t-shirt in this land On the finest of cottons and the hippest of brands In bolder letters than the capital I

Skin Andrew Bird

love is my love is it's the only thing that butterfly in Thailand let it be printed on every t-shirt in this land on the finest of cottons and the hippest of brands in bolder letters than the capital I

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...

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

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 s...

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 O...

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 and...

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 ...

Nomenclature Andrew Bird

Just think of the lives you could swap with your own While you're selling your coats, you're sewing your own You know it's not the easy way Sometimes we've got to pay to play With finger paints and...

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 C...

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...

Richmond Woman Andrew Bird

Give her a red lipstick and a bright pair of shoesA new bob haircut and a shot of good boozeher/(hurry?) down-sweet daddy, I’m blowing your hornoh if you come too lateno no, your mama' will be gone...

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 ...