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Artist: Andrew Bird
Canonical path: /andrew-bird/simple-x
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Simple X
Read Simple X lyrics by Andrew Bird on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Simple X
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some people wake up on Monday mornings
barring maelstroms and red flare warnings
with no explosions and no surprises
perform a series of exercises
hold your fire
take your place around an open fire
before your neurons declare a crisis
before your trace Serotonin rises
before you're reading your coffee grounds
and before a pundit can make a sound
and before you're reading your list of vices
perform the simplest exercises
so 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 breakfast
hold your fire
take your place around an open fire
don't open fire
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