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 ...

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?

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

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

Tenuousness Andrew Bird

hate acts as an axis Love of hate acts as an axis First it wanes and then it waxes So procreate and pay your taxes Tenuousness Less seven comes to three Them, you, us plus eleven thank the heavens for

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

Imitosis Andrew Bird

anything That looks like easy prey in this Nature show that rages every day It was bound, a part his intuition say We were all basically alone And despite what all his studies had shown What was mistaken for

Action／Adventure Andrew Bird

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 time again no, you`re wasting mine when you`re playing for

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

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?

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

The Water Jet Cilice Andrew Bird

she said to me So casually All our tender ears would bend Tales of ritual self-torture She's making you abort your carefully laid plans To make a final stand, rest the world to hand Scoreless victory for

Lull Andrew Bird

never shone and i fascinate myself when i`m alone so i go a little overboard but hang on to the hull while i`m airbrushing fantasy art on a life that`s really kind of dull oh, i`m in a lull i`m all for

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

The Trees Were Mistaken Andrew Bird

it's making you carsick all along southfield freeway. and translating mistakes and the trees were mistaken and the trees for the woods and the sound of the trash for the sound of the blowing leaves along

Weather Systems Andrew Bird

all from here i can see i can see weather systems of the world [ Lyrics From - http://lyricsbird.net/ ] and every time you turn the soil another cloud begins to boil some things you say are not for

Not A Robot, But A Ghost Andrew Bird

come to blows But we don't want this anymore No, we don't want this anymore I crack the codes you end the war I hear the clockwork in your core Time strips the gears till you Forget what they were for

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

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 ?

Masterswarm Andrew Bird

and the young in the larva stage orchestrating plays Investments of translucent alabaster So they took me to the hospital, they put my body through a scan What they saw there would impress them all for

Fiery Crash Andrew Bird

starting to say Someday I'll propose I don't know These childs in magazines Blue doves in the sea on and devote every monitor screen You were caught in the cross fire Where every human face is reaching for

First Song Andrew Bird

crying Dark was growing tall He began to hear the pond frogs all calling on his ear They were calling on his ear They were calling on his ear with what seemed their joy Soon the sound was pleasant for

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 I’m round-a-go, red shoes on my feet got my mind set right for ten years at sea her/(hurry?)

Skin Is, My Andrew Bird

not the greatest Above the Law is always funky fresh and we will never be the latest Look at that, we're two steps ahead of you I just simply get up on the mic and do what some MC's are scared to do Go for

Sweetbreads Andrew Bird

cause it's a question for the centuries from communion to mad cow disease but is it worthy of a song - all life's location?

Armchairs Andrew Bird

pause, the fatal flaw Time, it's a crooked bow Time is a crooked bow Time you 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

Sisyphus Andrew Bird

I'm letting it roll away It's got nothing to do with fate And everything to do with you I'd rather fail like a mortal than flail like a god, I'm a lightning rod History forgets the moderates For

The Happy Birthday Song Andrew Bird

Saddie Got throwed in the can She's in the jailhouse now Well, old Bill broke out one day I guess, he thought he get away But at the railway station they took him by the arm The chief said, "I've come for

Opposite Day Andrew Bird

supposed to be, today was supposed to be And today Those who can't quite function in society at large They've got to wake up on this morning to find that they're in charge But those the world's set up for

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...