Lyric discussion by emerge 

Cover art for Alvin Row lyrics by Animal Collective

ok here is what i transcribed so far:

baby love me now that you are born "oh, a baby!"

baby in your cradle look at me baby speaking rhythms now you're free ride your german shepard till you're five baby think the tv is alive baby spend the night out you're thirteen bending for a wish your candles leave baby bang erasers and wash the board think just yesterday you wore a sword watch your new years evening wash away you're on the floor can you hear me troubadour?

alvin row tangled in your broken kite it's hard to be ben franklin but (?) accustomed to the rest you're still the child

i'll never recollect to see that you can't fake it white (?) in every size but you can't take the gifts but your wardrobe suits you fine alvin all these visions of mine let them do your make up, i know

alvin row half of them are on your side they are the figments of (?) my mind is not unkind it's just not open

i remember i watched a man crying his weird chant run back there, we'll let you be until you're famous

tired of reaching for the lampshade baby reading baby love me ahh!

i told the baker's daughter that i didn't want their water she only likes it when i pray so i expect she's waiting i told the baker's daughter that i didn't want their water she only likes it when i beg so i expect she's waiting on alvin row alvin row alvin row oh alvin...

i remember the day that i walked away from the city's edge cars are demons and radio runs when there's nothing on words slip by when i'm silent i have to let so many people down but the bell from the ice cream man comes to save the day winter comes, we do no wrong, and i dream of the chocolate shakes, the sun awakes, the painting of the autumn clouds distort and cry to (?) up pull the glass, a trip too fast for (?)

so slip past through the maze as we hop up on the stage of the (?) i remember the shining, the spotlight, the day she played though i never knew (?) except nobody knows this part's like mine take a drive to the jackson performance to see and pretend well a new apartment and a heart don't make me old despite a rage i am a page and i've been torn well i'm walking on a rail with eight other eyes so be sure and pick the best of you eight other sides

when i stay shy, you stay shy, dear alvin when i say bye, you say bye, dear alvin when i say go, you say go, dear alvin when i say no, you say no, dear alvin

well that's funny, my voice didn't come back to me i'll try it again hello? hello? oh my goodness, now my singing voice is gone!