Yellow Black and Rectangular

by Negativland

From the album: Escape From Noise

Track 12 of 18 on Escape From Noise (1987).

Duration: 2:14

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Lyrics for Yellow Black and Rectangular

"Yellow, and black, and ..." "And, eh ..." "Yellow, and black, and rectangular." "Eh rectangular, yes. And eh, eh what else?" "Well, yellow, and black, and rectangular." "Eh rectangular, yes. What else?" "Well, doctor, it has kind of black, and y ellow, and black, and ..." "Eh rectangular, yes." "It has kind of shapes inside." "Yellow, black, and shapes inside." "Oh, I see them everywhere ..." "Eh, eh what else?" "It has kind of wedge shapes inside." "Yellow, black ..." "Black, and yellow, and ..." "... and with ..." "... rectangular ..." "... wedge shapes inside." "Oh, I see them everywhere, do you hear me?" "Well, there there, eh just lie back ..." "... black, and ..." "... black, and yellow, with ..." "... everywhere, do you hear me?" "Well there there, Mrs. Black, eh ..." "Well, wedge shapes." "Mrs. Wedge" "everywhere" "There there, back on the couch." "Oh, what does it mean?" "Eh rectangular, black, and with wedge shapes inside." "Oh, I see them everywhere, everywhere ... " "Just lie back on the couch." "Oh, what does it mean?" "Yellow, and with black shapes ..." "Wedge shapes inside." "... inside." "Oh, everywhere, do you hear me?" "Well there there, back on the couch." "Oh, what does it mean?" "Mrs. Yellow, eh, b ack on the couch." "Oh, what does it mean? Am I losing my mind?" "Just lie back on the couch." "Oh, what does it mean?" "Eh, just lie back ..." "Am I losing my mind?" "There there ..." "? em raeh uoy od erehwyreve, everywhere" "Just lie back ..." " Do you hear me?" "Well there there, Mrs. ..." "Everywhere, do you hear me?" "Well there there ..." "Do you hear me?" "Well, eh, Mrs. ..." "rectangular" "Mrs. Rectangular, yes. Eh ..." "Am I losing my mind?" "What you have been seeing everywhere y ou look are those yellow and black signs used to indicate a fallout shelter in buildings." "So, you see these signs too, Dr. Black?" "Why, sure, Mrs. Rectangular." "Well, I feel better already."

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