Living it up In an apartment Living it up By a convenient store Thorn in my side God, it was a thorn Carpenters line God, it was a thorn Living it up In an apartment Living it up By a convenient store Thorn in my side Deliver me I want to see your hands Deliver me From a sea of questions Thorn in my side God, it was a thorn Carpenters line God, it was a thorn Do you like birds? Do you like real, real big birds? Do you like great big birds? This is the biggest bird I've ever seen Is that a bird? Or just a real, real big man? Just a big, big man... The greatest building brought me down on my knees The wolves were spreading across the island You change your life around add verbs to everything But you cover your head when there is action I woke up stumbling still staring at my shoes The devil lay across my bedspread Your friends are kings and queens and there heading for the noose Said they'll hang like gamefish by the morning Buy a new shoes Buy a new shirt Buy a new jacket Buy a new shoes Buy a new shirt Buy a new... Buy a new shoes Buy a new shirt Buy a new... Buy a new shoes Buy a new shirt Buy a new... Way out west they build elevators They build relationships there filling up empty boxes And one thousand drummers playing one thousand songs saying One thousand rights equal one thousand wrongs Don't you sharpen your teeth and your wits on children You need some answers well you already got em This is a harbor of boats and there aren't any sailors This is a forest of snipers and theres not any cover Do you like birds? Do you like real, real big birds? Do you like great big birds? This is the biggest bird I've ever seen Is that a bird?