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Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird
Composer
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David Boucher
David Boucher
Engineer

Lyrics

I was getting ready to be a threat I was getting set for my Accidental suicide The kind where no one dies No one looks too surprised Then you Then you realize You're riding on a para-success Of this heavy-handed metaphor And a feeling like you've been here before 'Cause you've been here before And you've been here before Then a word washed ashore Then a word washed ashore Then a word washed ashore Sovay, Sovay, Sovay All along the day I was getting ready to consider my next plan of attack I think I'm gonna sack The whole board of trustees All those Don Quixotes and their B-17's And I swear this time Yeah this time They'll blow us back to the 70's And this time They're playing Ride of the Valkyries With no semblance of grace or ease And they're acting on vagaries With their violent proclivities And they're playing Ride They're playing Ride They're playing Ride Ride, Ride of the Valkyries Sovay, Sovay, Sovay All along the day And I was getting ready to threaten to be a threat Instead of thinking about my plan of attack I think I'm gonna sack The whole board of trustees All those Don Quixotes and their B-17's And I swear this time They'll blow us back to the 70's And this time They're playing Ride of the Valkyries With no semblance of grace or ease And they're acting on vagaries With their violent proclivities And they're playin' Ride And they're playin' Ride They're playin' Ride And they're playin' Ride They're playin' Ride They're playin' Ride Ride of the Valkyries Sovay, Sovay, Sovay So...
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