Andrew Bird

Core and Rind

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Listen you don't know
You don't know my mind
When what you thought was the core
Turned out to be the rind
If I need your advice
I will let you know
But listen until then
This is no call-in show
No, No, No
Cause I tell you a story
'Bout what happened today
Nothing profound
Just something to say
And you write a prescription
On your notebook pad
For five different ailments
Didn't know I had
Listen you don't know
You don't know my mind
Listen you don't know
You don't know my mind
You thought the core was the rind

I tell you a story
'Bout what happened today
Nothing profound
Just something to say
And you write a prescription
On your notebook pad
For five different ailments
Didn't know I had
Listen you don't know
You don't know my mind
Listen you don't know
You don't know my mind
You thought the core was the rind

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j.enslow On Feb 15, 2006

Fake Palindromes

Armchairs

A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left

Heretics

Imitosis

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2006-02-15 02:13:38

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by fadetoflashes

15y ago

For Mr. Bird, this is a pretty straightforward song. It's about a man who feels misunderstood and generally underestimated by someone. It fits in with the previous track on this album, "Two-Way Action", in that his intellectual depth is explained as being at odds with the rest of the world. The guitars are killer on this track and it is a beautifully simple gem on this lyrically complex record.

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by j.enslow

20y ago

butthole psychiatry

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