MX Missiles - Andrew Bird

Those that will judge

Will say you’re aloof

But you know the truth is a seed

You know what you need

Is a conflagration

Cause when I see your blood

And the bits of your broken tooth

It gives me the proof that I need

It’s the proof that you bleed

And it’s a revelation

Yeah, it’s a revelation

It’s a revelation

I thought you were a life-sized paper doll

Propped up in the hardware store

Propped up on the front lawn watching the parade

Of the legionnaires with 2x4s

As they’re marching off to war

Yeah, they’re marching off to war

I didn’t know what you were made of

Color of your blood, what you’re afraid of

Are you made of calcium or are you carbon based?

And if you’re made of calcium, I’ll have to take a taste

'Cause listen, calcium is deadly, but tender to the tooth

But it’s one surefire way to know if you’re MX missile-proof

Or if you’re just aloof

You were in the ground in late November

Though the leaves and earth were damp

Did you think they would remember

How you almost made state champ?

'Cause when you’re running for the game against Alphonsus

And you fell upon the ground and chipped a tooth

Listen, that might really have surprised us

To learn that you weren’t really MX missile-proof

Oh, I thought you were a life-sized paper doll

Propped up in the hardware store

You were propped up on the front lawn watching the parade

Of those legionnaires with 2x4s

As they’re marching off to war

Yeah, they’re marching off to war

Oh, they’re marching…