Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire & Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire & Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire & Andrew Bird
Track #1 on Andrew Bird’s second album as bandleader of Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire, Thrills.
This song seems to be inspired by Bird’s severely autistic older brother’s experience with mental institutions. The song mentions a “Dr. B” and Bird identifies him in the album liner notes as Bruno Bettelhe...
[Chorus 1: Andrew Bird]
I can tell by the way you take your infusion
You've spent some time in a mental institution
Oh, what a dream life would seem if only
They'd let you keep your Etch-A-Sketch
[Verse 1]
Oh, you laugh like a banshee, gesticulate your delirium
They treat you like a corpse, keep you full of candy lithium
What a dream life would seem if only you could see
The world from inside an Etch-A-Sketch
[Chorus 2]
I can tell by the way you reach your conclusions
You're the director of a mental institution
Oh what a dream life would seem if only
It hadn't been for Doctor B
[Verse 2]
Animate yourself an alternate reality
Consummate a self-pleasing artificiality
You can have yourself to tea
[Chorus 1]
I can tell by the way you take your infusion
You've spent some time in a mental institution
Oh, what a dream life would seem if only could see
The world from inside an Etch-A-Sketch
Tea & Thorazine was written by Andrew Bird.
Tea & Thorazine was produced by Andrew Bird & Mike Napolitano.
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire released Tea & Thorazine on Tue Aug 24 1999.