Australia lyrics by The Shins
Title: AustraliaArtist: The Shins
Album: Wincing the night away (released January 23, 2007)
Composers: James Mercer
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Born to multiply
Born to gaze
into night skies
All you want�s
one more Saturday
Well look here, until then
They gonna buy
your life�s time
So keep your wick in the air
and your feet and the furs
�til the day
We come in doing cart wheels
We all crawl out by ourselves
And your shape
on the dance floor
will have me thinking
such filth I�ll gouge my eyes
You�ll be damned
to be one of us, girl,
Faced with the
dodo�s conundrum
I felt like I could just fly
But nothing happened
every time I tried
The duotone on the wall
Selfless fool who
hoped he�d save us all
Never dream just so
is sterile hands
You keep them
folded in your lap
and waste them up
to beg for scraps,
You know, he's holding you down
with the tips his fingers
just the same
Will you be pulled from the ocean,
but just a minute too late,
Or changed by a potion,
And find a handsome
young mate for you to love
You'll be damned to pining
through the window panes,
You know you'd trade your life
for any ordinary Joe,
Well do it now or grow old
Your nightmares only need
a year or two to unfold
Been alone since you
were twenty one,
You haven't laughed
since January.
You try and make like this
is so much fun,
But we know it to be
quite contrary.
La la la la la la la
Dare to be one of us, girl,
Facing the
android's conundrum,
Ah I felt like I should just cry,
But nothing happens
every time I take one on the chin,
You're him and in your coat
You don't know
how long I have been,
Watching the lantern dim,
Starved of oxygen,
So give me your hand,
and let's jump out the window.
