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Birdhouse in Your Soul Lyrics

Artist: They Might Be Giants
Album: Flood

I'm your only friend
I'm not your only friend
But I'm a little glowing friend
But really I'm not actually your friend
But I am

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

I have a secret to tell
From my electrical well
It's a simple message and I'm leaving out the whistles and bells
So the room must listen to me
Filibuster vigilantly
My name is blue canary one note* spelled l-i-t-e
My story's infinite
Like the Longines Symphonette it doesn't rest

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

I'm your only friend
I'm not your only friend
But I'm a little glowing friend
But really I'm not actually your friend
But I am

There's a picture opposite me
Of my primitive ancestry
Which stood on rocky shores and kept the beaches shipwreck free
Though I respect that a lot
I'd be fired if that were my job
After killing Jason off and countless screaming Argonauts
Bluebird of friendliness
Like guardian angels its always near

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

(and while you're at it
Keep the nightlight on inside the
Birdhouse in your soul)

Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch (and while you're at it)
Who watches over you (keep the nightlight on inside the)
Make a little birdhouse in your soul (birdhouse in your soul)

Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch (and while you're at it)
Who watches over you (keep the nightlight on inside the)
Make a little birdhouse in your soul (birdhouse in your soul)

Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

Notes

The Dial-a-Song version has the following significantly altered lyrics:

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
He watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

I have a secret to tell
Out when you're all by yourself
There's a time when even you get up and leave your nothing to dwell
I don't want to talk about that
And no one listens to that
But for the one who does, and she's the one you worry about
Don't you say anything
If you have anything to do with it

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
He watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

I'd like to cover the earth
With a fresh-baked yummy dessert
People couldn't live in it, but I think it's worth the money and hurt
'Cause I couldn't tolerate
All the empty places in the world

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
He watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

Make a little birdhouse in your soul

I don't feel thirty
Give me something to write on
I don't feel three hundred
Give me something to write on

Comments/Interpretations
by "Weird Gary" Bissitt on 5/15/2008 6:36am This seems to be a story of how when he was a little boy, he had a night light in the shape of a blue canary. As he drifted off into sleep he felt safe by the light of this happy little bird! Also it seems like he's saying to not lose the child that we all should still have inside of us...most people don't seem to have a child left in them.
by Smashi Boy on 5/21/2008 9:57pm I think this song is saying that you've got to have a ray of hope ready at all times, even if it's deep inside your soul, using the allegory of a night light and a lighthouse. However, I'm not quite sure what the third stanza is talking about, if anything.
by #1 fan daniela rangel on 6/5/2008 6:03pm i love your song "bird house in your soul"
by stephanie on 6/5/2008 7:14pm i really like this song it s the best my teacher teach it to my class and seen then i started to like it a lot IT'S THE BEST SONG IN THE WORLD!!!!!!
by Stu on 6/10/2008 9:22am It's just a weird song ...
by yo yo ma on 6/20/2008 10:32pm heard this on the radio one of TMBG's best
by Jake on 7/16/2008 5:08pm TMBG's 3 best songs: Birdhouse in Your Soul, We Want a Rock, and Istanbul (Not Constantinople). All of these songs are from the album Flood. Another good song in the same album is Particle Man.
by Lucy on 7/26/2008 1:42pm This song is weird cos sometimes it cheers me up but sometimes it makes me cry I love it though, the lyrics are deeper than people realise
by zeph on 8/13/2008 10:31pm This is probably my favorite TMBG song. Istanbul (not constantinople) is a close second, though.
by neil on 8/14/2008 6:23am a fab song it cheers me up
by Moose on 8/14/2008 9:17am I think the words actually say "Not to put to fine a pine on it" not "point". As in, not using too fine a wood for the birdhouse. I could be wrong though... anyone else know
by awsome on 8/27/2008 8:50pm One of my favorite songs of all time. At first it sounds completely random, but I think it's really thought out clever.
by audrey on 9/18/2008 3:53pm i love this song
by callum on 10/12/2008 8:35am Awesome song. What does the asterix in the 6th line of the 3rd stanza mean?
by Henry on 10/19/2008 2:42am great song.
by benji on 11/5/2008 7:18pm i dont get the spelled l-i-t-e part... does that mean it was his nightlite, or just something random. cuz i thought that was spelled nightlight...
by Jorg on 11/7/2008 10:51am I like kittens!
by Bobby's Dad on 12/3/2008 2:40pm The original blue canary night light not only had a picture of a canary with a single note coming out of it, it spelled light "lite."
by sean the amazing on 1/19/2009 4:43pm this song is so cool i listen to it a lot and i lilke how it is about a blue canary and all that random stuff you know by the way sean is amazing
by Shannon on 2/26/2009 3:07pm I think it's about the one thing that keeps you going. Like: "Don't worry about your spirit breaking, because if you make a birdhouse in your soul, a canary will help you and watch over you. Even through the toughest of times. But it will only help you. Don't expect your canary to work for someone else."
by lalalangster on 3/11/2009 12:58pm i think its kinda depressimg atleast for me because every real birdhouse i ever had was never used. mabey hes just reminding someone to think of him. if there is a deeper meaning to this song, mabey not, but if there is can someone out there please help me understand. teach me how to build a bird house. please=(
by particleman on 3/19/2009 11:04am i think its sung by a lightbulb
by Toad on 4/12/2009 12:25am its sung in the nightlights point of view, I totally agree with you Bissitt, people need to keep a kid in them at all times, otherwise life just sucks, its my goal in life, we need more people out there like this band, enough to help people know its ok to be silly.
by jojo4o4d on 4/15/2009 3:10pm I listen to this song in the middle night to keep me happy
by MS on 4/23/2009 7:43pm I think it's a remider to appreciate things you don't always appreciate.
by blink blink on 5/17/2009 8:03pm I think this song is nonsense and means nothing. I like it for that reason. =D

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