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I can tell by the way you take your infusion
You've spent some time in a mental institution
Oh what a dream life would be if only...
They let you keep your etchasketch

You laugh like a banshee gesticulate your delirium
They treat you like a corpse keep you full of candy lithium
What a dream life would be if only...
It hadn't been for Doctor B.

Animate yourself an alternate reality
Consummate a self-pleasing artificiality
You can have yourself a tea

I can tell by the way you take your infusion
You've spent some time in a mental institution
Oh what a dream life would be if only...
They let you keep your etchasketch

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delial On Mar 10, 2007

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2007-03-10 01:11:17

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Cover art for Tea And Thorazine lyrics by Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire

by artslut

19y ago

Andrew Bird = Rad.

You know what else is red? Etchasketch.

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Cover art for Tea And Thorazine lyrics by Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire

by Midnight42

15y ago

this is how it is on my version, there is an extra bit in the middle.

Well I can tell by the way you take your infusion You've spent some time in a mental institution what a dream life would seem if only... They let you keep your etchasketch

You laugh like a banshee gesticulate your delirium They treat you like a corpse keep you full of candy lithium What a dream life would see if only... You could see the world from inside an etchasketch.

I can tell by the way you reach your conclusion Your the director of a mental institution What a dream life would be if only... It hadn't been for Doctor B.

Animate yourself an alternate reality Consummate a self-pleasing artificiality You can have yourself a tea

I can tell by the way you take your infusion You've spent some time in a mental institution Oh what a dream life would seem if only... You could see the world from inside an etchasketch.

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