Andrew Bird – Danse Caribe

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You were a shameless child
Bandied by stiff cross currents
Anything but mild
Yes and no just simply weren't
Invented yet
Oh yes oh no

Then one day you'd had it
Exiled your close advisors
Ousted your dog-eared rabbits
You're through with pacifizers
You're through with pacifizers now

Here we go mistaking clouds for mountains
Here's the thing that brings the sparrows to the fountains
Here's the thing that makes you run for the highlands
Here we go mistaking clouds for mountains
Autonomy

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    General Comment:Pfizer is a pharmaceutical company. Maybe his pacifizers is connotative of anti-depressant use.
    Flag atdonovanon May 11, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I (mis)heard it as "oh, ton amis" -- "your friends". Exiled all your friends, close advisers. I mis-hear a lotta Bird's lyrics.
    Flag kdkitchenon April 16, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:The lyrics book that came with the deluxe box set of the new album says "autonomy", and at a show last fall he said the song was about his mother telling him he had "declared his autonomy" by throwing away all of his stuffed animals while she was away one day.

    Also, I love it when he makes up words like "Pacifizers" or "Hobis-Hots". It fits so well with the whimsical nature of his music.
    Flagged jethanron March 20, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I believe the lyric is "it's all tall to me," not "autonomy."
    Flag brandontautologyon March 18, 2012   Link

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