Lyric discussion by coreysucks 

Cover art for Thunderbird lyrics by They Might Be Giants

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.