Tenuousness

by Andrew Bird

From the album: Noble Beast

Track 5 of 14 on Noble Beast (2009).

Duration: 3:51

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Lyrics for Tenuousness

Tenuous at best was all he had to say When pressed about the rest of it, the world that is From proto-Sanskrit Minoans to Porto-centric Lisboans Greek Cypriots and harbor sorts who hang around in ports a lot, oh-oh Here's where things start getting weird While chinless men will scratch their beards, oh-ho Tool their minds to sharpened axes Brushed upon the Uralic syntaxes Love of hate acts as an axis Love of hate acts as an axis, oh-oh First it wanes and then it waxes So procreate and pay your taxes Tenuousness less seven comes to three Tenuous plus 11 Thank the heavens for their elasticity And that's for those who live and die for astronomy When Coprophagia was written Know when to stand or when to sit Can't stand to stand, can't stand to sit And who would want to know this? Click, click Oh, who wants to look upon this? Oh, who wants to look upon this pray tell? Who wants to look upon this? Oh, who wants to look upon this pray tell? Pray tell Tenuousness less seven comes to three Them, you, us plus 11 Comes just shy of infinity And that's for those who live and die for numerology

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  2. Masterswarm
  3. Fitz and the Dizzyspells
  4. Effigy
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  6. Nomenclature
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  8. Not a Robot, But a Ghost
  9. Unfolding Fans
  10. Anonanimal
  11. Natural Disaster
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