Some people wake up on Monday mornings
Barring maelstroms and red flare warnings
With no explosions and no surprises
Perform a series of exercisesHold your fire
Take your place around an open fireBefore your neurons declare a crisis
Before your trace Serotonin rises
Before you're reading, your coffee grounds
And before a pundit could make a sound
And before you're reading your list of vices
Perform the simplest exercisesSo here we are at the end, the war is over
There's nothing left to defend, no cliffs of dover
So let us put down our pens and this concludes the test
Our minds are scattered about from hell to breakfastHold your fire
Take your place around an open fireBefore your neurons declare a crisis
Before your trace Serotonin rises
Before you're reading, your coffee grounds
And before a pundit could make a sound
And before you're reading your list of vices
Perform the simplest exercisesHold, hold your fire
Take your place around an open fire
Songwriters
Andrew Bird;Martin DoshPublished by
WEGAWAM MUSIC CO. Song Discussions is protected by U.S. Patent 9401941. Other patents pending.