Give It Away
Andrew Bird * Track #4 On Break It Yourself
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Give It Away by Andrew Bird
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The song questions whether a performer giving their all at a show is also giving just as much to their loved ones back home.
Give It Away Lyrics
Did you give it away
Did you give it away for free
Don't you give it away
Let's try to keep it in the family
I know you know desolation
Coming home with your pockets full of sand
I know it's no vacation
Now you're plowing your tiny patch of land
In a nation under your command
Did you give it away
Yeah I gave it away
Did you give it away for free
What would you have us pay?
I didn't know that your love was a commodity
What about appreciation
That depends on your depth and density
What about inflation
Your charts and graphs don't mean a thing to me
In your nation with its worthless currency
Would you hide in the hay
Would you hide in the hay with me
Won't you hide in the hay
Where it's dark and we can scarcely breathe or see
Assured asphyxiation
Where the foxes and field mice make their dens
Death by association
I swore I'd never take anyone there again
To this nation
A nation under your command
Give It Away Q&A
Who wrote Give It Away's ?
Give It Away was written by Andrew Bird.
Who produced Give It Away's ?
Give It Away was produced by Neal Jensen & David Boucher & Andrew Bird.
When did Andrew Bird release Give It Away?
Andrew Bird released Give It Away on Mon Mar 05 2012.
What did Andrew Bird say about "Give It Away"?
Bird said on Live from the Great Room that he wrote this song after a show in Belgium left him “running on empty.” Looking out at the winter night after the show, he began laughing at his own desolation.