I know, I know, I said that I would quit
All right, I promise, no more after this
You don't know how I've tried
To forget what it was like

I remember now
I remember now
Why they called it Thunderbird
Why they called it Thunderbird

Man, oh man, my throat is dry
Man, are you thinking what I
Am? Well what about it then?

Before you fall, you have to learn to crawl
You can't see heaven when you're standing tall
To get the whole sky
On the ground you have to lie

I remember now
I remember now
Why they called it Thunderbird
Why they called it Thunderbird

We like fun, me and my girl
We'll have fun fun fun until
T-bird takes her dad away

I know, I know, I said that I'd desist
All right, I promise, no more after this
Not to be what I was like
Not to soar across the sky
Spread my thunder wings and fly
Spread my thunder wings and fly

I remember now
I remember now
Why they called it Thunderbird
Why they called it Thunderbird


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Thunderbird Lyrics as written by John Linnell John Flansburgh

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    This song is definitley about alcohol. I had no idea what Thunderbird refered to and when alcohol was mentioned the whole song lit up.

    Man, oh man, my throat is dry Man, are you thinking what I Am? Well what about it then?

    Says: let's go drink!

    Before you fall, you have to learn to crawl You can't see heaven when you're standing tall To get the whole sky On the ground you have to lie

    I think this line is more about alcohol than life. I think when he says "To get the whole sky On the ground you have to lie" he's saying "To really be in the happy place alcohol takes you, you have to be flat on your back drunk"

    Just some fun ideas, i love discecting stuff.

    coreysuckson September 06, 2007   Link

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