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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

Masterswarm Andrew Bird

the young, we were the swarm 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

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

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...

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

Oh Sister Andrew Bird

And is our purpose not the same on this earth, To love and follow His direction? We grew up together From the cradle to the grave Died and reborn And then mysteriously saved, Oh, sister...

Bein' Green Andrew Bird

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 mountain Important like a river Or tall like a tree When green is

Nomenclature Andrew Bird

Now the colors have bled to gray To ones that don't exist in nature A nomenclature is washing away, washing away A nomenclature is washing away, washing away But did it carry you away, carry you all

Cataracts Andrew Bird

And when our mouths are filled with uninvited tongues of others And the strays are pining for their unrequited mothers Milk that sours is promptly spat, light will fill our eyes like cats And they shall

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

Left Handed Kisses Andrew Bird

did I ever find you Drifting gently through the gyre Of the great Sargasso sea, Atlantic Ocean Got me writing love songs With a common refrain like this one here The point your song here misses Is

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 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

youre wasting mine when youre playing for a prime-time dream the c n b scene now im just another split in your seam the i in your team ooo please dont get too excited oooo maybe youre not invited to my

Action／Adventure Andrew Bird

wasting mine when you`re playing for a prime-time dream the c n b scene now i`m just another split in your seam the i in your team ooo please don`t get too excited oooo maybe you`re not invited to my

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 in

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

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

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

Measuring Cups Andrew Bird

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 I gotta go where I've never been 'Cause my

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

Armchairs Andrew Bird

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 The song that silence sings And this, this is

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/

Sic Of Elephants Andrew Bird

You were right There was never reason to worry Money made your eyesight all blurry Making lists of pacifists Recalcitrant poses Can't you see how dangerous The one you chose is?

Fitz And The Dizzyspells Andrew Bird

Would ever know Lava flows over crooks and craggy cliffs to the ocean And explodes in a steam heat fevered cyclical motion Has a name But the name goes unspoken It's in vain Cause the language is

The Happy Birthday Song Andrew Bird

jailhouse now (He's in the jailhouse now) Well, I told him once or twice to quit Drinkin' gin and shootin' dice He's in the jailhouse now Well, when I met Bill's old gal Saddie And she said, "Have you seen my

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 ?

Fake Palindromes Andrew Bird

My dewy eyed, Disney bride what has tried Swapping your blood with formaldehyde Monsters, whiskey-plied voices cried fratricide Jesus, don't you know that you coulda died?

Simple X Andrew Bird

rises Before you're reading, your coffee grounds And before a pundit could make a sound And before you're reading your list of vices Perform the simplest exercises So here we are at the end, the war is

Lull Andrew Bird

really kind of dull oh, i`m in a lull i`m all for moderation but sometimes it seems moderation itself can be a kind of extreme so i joined the congregation i joined the softball team i went in for my

Imitosis Andrew Bird

alone And despite what all his studies had shown What was mistaken for closeness, was just a case of mitosis Weighed deception or mercy while others train for the show And tell me doctor can you pull my

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

Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking Said his wifey dear Now that all is peaceful and calm The boys will soon be back on the farm Mister Reuben started winking and slowly rubbed his chin He pulled his chair

Not A Robot, But A Ghost Andrew Bird

the war I hear the clockwork in your core Time strips the gears till you Forget what they were for I push the numbers through your pores I crack the codes I crack the codes To end the war How's my

Andrew Bellman

On the surface of a meeken mind with words that sounds redeeming Hollow haze above my velvet shrine Be careful what you´re dreaming The world is made of cardboard and rain And a voice inside my head

Heretics Andrew Bird

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 about it And tell us all about it, we're so in doubt about it How about some credit now Credit is

Effigy Andrew Bird

with a sense of unease Fake conversations on a nonexistent telephone Like the words of a man who's spent a little too much time alone When one has spent too much time alone So will you come to burn my

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

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

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...

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 An...