Birdhouse in Your Soul

They Might Be Giants - Flood

i'm your only friend
i'm not your only friend
but i'm a little glowing friend
but really i'm not actually your friend
but i am

blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
who watches over you
make a little birdhouse in your soul
not to put too fine a point on it
say i'm the only bee in your bonnet
make a little birdhouse in your soul

i have a secret to tell
from my electrical well
its a simple message
and i'm leaving out the whistles and bells

so the room must listen to me
filibuster vigilently
my name is blue canary
one note spelled lite
my story's infinite
like a longines symphonette
it doesn't rest

blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
who watches over you
make a little birdhouse in your soul
not to put too fine a point on it
say i'm the only bee in your bonnet
make a little birdhouse in your soul

i'm your only friend
i'm not your only friend
but i'm a little glowing friend
but really i'm not actually your friend
but i am

there's a picture opposite me
of my primitive ancestry
which stood on rocky shores
and kept the beaches shipwreck free
though i respect that a lot
i'd be fired if that were my job
after killing jason off
and countless screaming argonauts
blue bird of friendliness
like guardian angels it's always near

blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
who watches over you
make a little birdhouse in your soul
not to put too fine a point on it
say i'm the only bee in your bonnet
make a little birdhouse in your soul

while you're at it
leave the nightlight on inside
the birdhouse in your soul

not to put too fine a point on it
say i'm the only bee in your bonnet
make a little birdhouse in your soul

blue canary in the outlet by the light switch (while your at it)
who watches over you (who watches over you)
make a little birdhouse in your soul

not to put too fine a point on it
say i'm the only bee in your bonnet
make a little birdhouse in your soul
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Lyrics

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Blue ParadeSarah Sleanblue parade
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Both HandsAni diFrancoLike I Said
BrickBen Folds FiveWhatever and Ever, Amen
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Crash Into MeDave Matthews BandCrash
DemocracyLeonard CohenThe Future
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Down So LongJewelSpirit
DuncanSarah SleanNight Bugs
EliotSarah Sleanblue parade
ElisabethBilly GilmanOne Voice
First SightDancing for NickelsDancing for Nickels
Free Fallin'Tom PettyFull Moon Fever
FuelAni diFrancoLittle Plastic Castle
GracelandPaul SimonGraceland
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Hanging By A ThreadJann ArdenHappy?
High and DryRadioheadThe Bends
Holiday in SpainCounting CrowsHard Candy
Home For A RestSpirit of the West
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Innocence MaintainedJewelSpirit
IrisGoo Goo DollsDizzy Up The Girl
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Karma PoliceRadioheadOK Computer
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Life UncommonJewelSpirit
Lightning CrashesLiveThrowing Copper
Lost TogetherBlue RodeoLost Together
Man On The MoonREMAutomatic For The People
Mary Ellen CarterStan RogersHome In Halifax
Meet VirginiaTrainTrain
Morning Has BrokenCat StevensTeaser and the Firecat
Mrs Potter's LullabyCounting CrowsThis Desert Life
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My NumberTegan and SarahThis Business Of Art
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Rest StopMatchbox 20Mad Season
Round HereCounting CrowsAugust And Everything After
Sailor's RestStan RogersHome in Halifax
Silent All These YearsTori AmosLittle Earthquakes
SlideGoo Goo DollsDizzy Up The Girl
StayLisa LoebTails
Streets of LondonRoger WhittakerLegendary
SummertimeGershwin and HeywardSongs for Clem
SumoRASA
SuperheroDancing for NickelsDancing for Nickels
Superman's SongCrash Test DummiesThe Ghosts That Haunt Me
That DayNatalie ImbrugliaWhite Lilies Island
The Drinking SongMoxy FruvousBargainville
The FreshmenVerve PipeVillains
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Trudeauwhiteelephant.ca
Uniform GreySarah HarmerYou Were Here
Untouchable FaceAni diFrancoDilate
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Wish You Were HerePink FloydWish You Were Here
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With Or Without YouU2The Joshua Tree
YesterdayThe Beatles"Yesterday" ...And Today
You Had TimeAni diFrancoOut of Range
You Were HereSarah HarmerYou Were Here

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