Robert Lowell

Two toy American flags
Jaundice yellow it's really tan
On the roof and tranquilize
Pajama fresh suburban
 
I am forty given a year
In Robert Lowell's electric chair
 
Jailbird entanglement day
Blew their tops and beat him blue
Drifting lobotomized calm
Reappraisal's in the air
 
I am forty given a year
In Robert Lowell's electric chair
 
Two toy American flags
Jaundice yellow it's really tan
On the roof and tranquilize
Pajama fresh suburban
 
I am forty given a year
In Robert Lowell's electric chair


Quoth the Johns:

This song was recorded with the Elegant Too... The lyrics of this song are entirely from a poem by Robert Lowell (although they have been "recontextualized" by TMBG for rock music purposes).

—John Flansburgh
[source: TMBG Unlimited, January 2001]



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