Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire

Waiting to Talk

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Everybodyï¿½s talking
Nobodyï¿½s listening
Everybodyï¿½s sweating
Nobodyï¿½s glistening
Nobody knows what heï¿½s thinking
Doesnï¿½t really step out even when heï¿½s drinking
Seems kind of creepy seems like the kind that stalks
Nobody knows when heï¿½s sinking
Always looks pensive whether or not heï¿½s thinking
To him it seems to him it screams
Everyoneï¿½s just waiting to talk
Everyoneï¿½s waiting to talk, Lord
Itï¿½s all so terribly awkward on the verandas in the front halls
In the bus stationï¿½s bathroom stalls
Yeah, it seems everyoneï¿½s just waiting to talk
What must he be thinking?
Can we even guess?
Heï¿½s not really linking
Himself with the rest
Does he know our big secret?
Has one of us confessed?
Bout the wires circuits and motors
Buried in our chest
Itï¿½s all just a pointless equation
This parabolic conversation
Like two distinct lines
Never the twain shall meet
Never? No never
Nobody knows what heï¿½s thinking
Doesnï¿½t really step out even when heï¿½s drinking
To him it seems to certain extremes
That everyoneï¿½s waiting to talk

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joker4mentor On Jun 12, 2005

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