Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson

Drove downtown in the rain
Nine-thirty on a tuesday night,
Just to check out hte late-night
record shop.
Call it impulsive, call it
compulsive, call it insane;
but wehn I'm surrounded I just
can't stop.

Its a matter of instinct, its a
matter of conditioning,
its a matter of fact.
You call me Pavlov's dog
Ring a bell and I'll salivate-
how'd you like that?
Drr. Landy 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 staring at the celing tiles,
and I'm thinking about what to
think about.
Just listening and rerlistening to
Smiley Smile,
and I'm wondering if this is some
kind of creative drought
because I'm

Chorus

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."

Chorus

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

Chorus

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 surounded I just
can't stop.