Alvin Row

Lyrics

[Part I] [Intro] Baby, love me now that you are born Oh, a baby! [Verse 1] Baby in your cradle, look at me Baby, speak in rhythms now you're three Ride your German Shepherd 'til you're five Baby, think the TV is alive Baby, spend the night out, you're thirteen Bending for a wish your candles lean Baby, bang erasers and wash the board Think just yesterday you wore the sword Watch your New Year's evening wash away You're on the floor, can you hear me, troubadour? [Chorus] Alvin Row, tangled in your broken kite It's hard to be Ben Franklin but You've been entrusted with the light November weekends, step inside Accustomed to the rust your silver child [Verse 2] Alvin Row We're glad to see that you can fake it White corn grows on every side but you can't take it The yellow wardrobe suits you fine Alvin, are these visions mine? Let them do your makeup, I know [Chorus] Alvin Row, half of them are on your side The other figments, old I picked the pigments of their skin One dollar in the nightmare bin My mind is not unkind, it's just not open [Verse 3] Alvin Row I watched the mime cry in his wheelchair Brown black bear, we'll let you be until you're fa-mous (Wow!) Fa-mous (Wow!) Fa-mous (Wow!) Fa-mous (Wow!) [Bridge] Tired of reaching For the lampshade Baby reading Baby love me Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! [Segue] I told the baker's daughter that I didn't want the water She only likes it when I beg, so I expect she's waiting I told the baker's daughter that I didn't want their water She only likes it when I beg, so I expect she's waiting Row, Alvin Row Alvin Row, Alvin Row Row, Alvin [Part II] [Verse 4] I remember the day that I walked away from the city fight Cars like demons and radio runs when there's nothing on Words slip by when I'm silent, I have to let so many people down Then the bell from the ice cream man comes to save the day When winter comes we do no wrong where I belong With chocolate shakes, the sun awakes, I play ping pong The autumn clouds distort and crowd tobacco lawns I pull the glass and trip to fast a soccer dawn Swiftly passed through an age as we unlock a stage on my horror ride I remember the shining, the spot, and the day she bled Though I've never known Moses, I've known many noses with dots like mine Take a drive to the Jacksonville pharmacy and pretend That a new apartment and a heart don't make me old 'Cause I've spied on rage and middle age and I've been told When I'm walking on a wire with eight other I's I'll be sure and pick the best of the eight other sides [Refrain] And when I stay shy, you stay shy, dear Alvin And when I say bye, you say bye, dear Alvin And when I say go, you say go, dear Alvin And when I sing Row, you sing Row, dear Alvin And when I stay shy, you stay shy, dear Alvin And when I say bye, you say bye, dear Alvin And when I say go, you say go, dear Alvin And when I sing Row, you sing Row, dear Alvin And when I say go, you say go, dear Alvin [Sampled Outro] Why that's funny, my voice didn't come back to me! I'll try it again Hello, hello?! Oh my goodness, now my singing voice is gone! My singing voice is gone! My singing voice is gone! My singing voice is gone! My singing voice is gone! My singing voice is gone! My singing voice is gone! My singing voice is—