Measuring Cups Andrew Bird

Baby, I go too fast, too farLet's get it straight now, the way things areI'm not the white knight in your fantasyBut I could be your wildest dreamI might ride with the wind, I might follow the sunI...

Measuring Cities Wallis Bird

Do you remember Mannheim in September? We were in love We didnt know it Do you remember sleeping like a glove We finally kissed The world exploded Our pockets were lined with each other We knew eve...

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 ? Then you realize that you're riding on the para-success of a heavy...

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

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 al...

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 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

Skin is，My Andrew Bird

only thing, it's the only thing It's the only lonely, whoa My skin is White as parchment Drier than a downtown office building Where the air is tight There's time spent Waiting for that Macrame 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...

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 ...

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...

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 we d...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Skin Is, My Andrew Bird

Yo, this is somethin' new by notorious-ass, Above the LawIn the motherfuckin' placeThe Illustrator KM.GYo 187, you gotta let 'em know what's goin' onSee, I'm like a psycho, I meditate with a beatI ...

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...

MX Missiles Andrew Bird

Well together we stand divided we fallCome on now people let's all get on the ballLet's work togetherCome on, come one, let's work togetherHere here now because together we will standEvery boy, eve...

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...

Action / Adventure Andrew Bird

now if you think im wasting your time againim wasting your timewhen you pick me up in duty freethats when i thought id be the cross in your tor must see tv but if you think im wasting your time aga...

Skin Andrew Bird

it's the only thing, it's the only thing it's the only lonely, whoa my skin is white as parchment drier than a downtown office building where the air is tight there's time spent waiting for that macrame bird

Gotholympians Andrew Bird

My pitiful sorrows have seen more tomorrows than yoursMy rain really poursAt least more than yoursAt least more than yoursIn the depths of my sadness there's a beautiful madness you seeIt's right h...

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...

Sweetbreads Andrew Bird

When I was a little boy I threw away my action toysI became obsessed with operationwith Hearts and minds and certain glandsYou learn to keep a steady handAnd thus began a morbid fascination with......

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...

Happy Day Andrew Bird

Some daySome happy daySome day I'll findI live before I die some dayOh Lord, some daySome daySome happy daySome day I'll findThe one with eyes that say those words I cannot findI hope I live before...

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...

The Trees Were Mistaken Andrew Bird

This is a story, some kind of a storythis 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 evolveinverted crystal mount...

Sic Of Elephants Andrew Bird

You were rightThere was never reason to worryMoney made your eyesight all blurryMaking lists of pacifistsRecalcitrant posesCan't you see how dangerousThe one you chose is?Which brings us back toMig...

The Water Jet Cilice Andrew Bird

I knew this one girlDrowned in her own curlsCandy colored swirlsThat never seemed to endI could not comprehendHalf what she said to meSo casuallyAll our tender ears would bendTales of ritual self-t...

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

Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinkingSaid his wifey dearNow that all is peaceful and calmThe boys will soon be back on the farmMister Reuben started winking and slowly rubbed his chinHe pulled his cha...

Oh Sister Andrew Bird

Oh, sister, when I come to lie in your armsPlease do not treat me like a stranger.Our Father would not like the way that you actAnd you must realize the danger.Oh, sister, am I not a brother to you...

Fiery Crash Andrew Bird

Two stars are missing meJet waves are driving meThings in nicer motionsWe are hauling to spaceG force is twisting the faith with superstitionA fatal premonitionYou know you've got to envisionThe fi...

Imitosis Andrew Bird

His keeping busier as bitter stormsHis imaginations and his palindromesIt was anything but hear the voiceAnything but hear the voiceIt was anything but hear the voiceThat says that we're all basica...