Barenaked Ladies – Brian Wilson Lyrics  Share

From Barenaked Ladies's album: Gordon

Words & Music by Steven Page

Drove downtown in the rain nine-thirty on a Tuesday night,
just to check out the late-night record shop.
Call it impulsive, call it compulsive, call it insane,
but when I^,m surrounded I just can^,t stop.

It^,s a matter of instinct, it^,s a matter of conditioning,
it^,s a matter of fact.
You can call me Pavlov^,s dog.
Ring a bell and I^,ll salivate. How^,d you like that?
Dr. Lendy tell me you^,re not just a pedagogue,
cause right now I^,m

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Lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did
Well I^,m lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did.

So I^,m lying here, just starting at the ceiling tiles.
and I^,m thinking about what to think about.
Just listening and relistening to Smiley Smile,
and I^,m wondering if this is some kind of create drought
because I am

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And if you want to find me I^,ll be out in the sandbox,
wondering where the hell all the love has gone.
Playing my guitar and building castles in the sun,
and singing "Fun, Fun, Fun."

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I had a dream that I was three hundred pounds
and though I was very heavy,
I floated ^,til I couldn^,t see the ground
I floated ^,til I couldn^,t see the ground
Somebody help me, I couldn^,t see the ground
Somebody help me, I couldn^,t see the ground
Somebody help me because I^,m

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Drove downtown in the rain nine-thirty on a Tuesday night.
Just to check out the late-night record shop.
Call it impulsive, call it compulsive, call it insane;
but when I^,m surrounded I just can^,t stop.
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