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

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

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

Skin Is, My Andrew Bird

Just kickin' lyrics Dope lyrics Funky lyrics Unlawful lyrics Yo, drop your lyrics See, I'm livin' large, I clock dollars from day to day And on the weekend go out for some play I'm like ballin' with the

Darkmatter Andrew Bird

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 fascination Tore the spines from out

Way Out West Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire

Elder green is dead and gone Lost his way going to town And I don't know who he is, what he's done But it sure sounds sweet rolling off the tongue Yeah, and it sure sounds sweet rolling off the tongue

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

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

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 and by all accounts you really should've diedstretched out

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

Oh No Andrew Bird

arm and arm with all the harmless sociopaths Calcium mines are buried deep in your chest Oh, calcium mines you buried deep in your chest Ooh, you're deep in a mine Ooh, calcium mine, oh Let's get out

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 Sister Andrew Bird

Our Father would not like the way that you act And you must realize the danger. Oh, sister, am I not a brother to you And one deserving of affection?

Effigy Andrew Bird

It should keep the flies away If you long to burn an effigy It should be of a man whose has lost his way, slips away It could be you, it could be me Working the door, drinking for free Carrying on

First Song Andrew Bird

s hunched body loved out of a stalk The first song of his happiness and the song woke his heart Into the darkness and sadness of joy Dark was growing tall He began to hear the pond frogs all calling

Bein' Green Andrew Bird

or yellow Aquamarine or something more colorful like that It's not easy bein' green It seems you blend in with all kinds of ordinary things And people tend to pass you over 'Cause you're not standing out

Armchairs Andrew Bird

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 The way

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

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...