Wrong Kind of a Bird

from Then Russ Called by Math Emergency

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Portrait of grandfather hangs in the hall.
I had to use a lag bolt to stick it to the wall.
He's looking alarmed in a thick woolen suit.
Molly wants to know who is he, he’s cute.

The thing that you think is him is gonna screw you up,
gonna steer you wrong.
You look up to the sky, following a bird
wrong kind of a bird.

I heard from my mom that he was prone to roam.
Never there either much when he had to be at home.
And when he was there, she always tried
to talk to him. She'd follow him when he went outside.

The thing that you think is him is gonna change your mind,
gonna steer you wrong.
You looked up to the sky, following a bird
wrong kind of a bird.

Portrait of grandfather hangs in the hall.
I had to use a lag bolt to stick it to the wall.
He's looking alarmed in a thick woolen suit.
Molly wants to know who is he, he’s cute.

The bird that you that you think is him is gonna change the bird,
gonna steer you wrong.
You looked up to the sky, following a guy,
wrong kind of a bird.

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from Then Russ Called, released March 20, 2020

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Math Emergency Saint Paul, Minnesota

Man, look. You know those bands full of people who wanted only rocky roll in their lives since age 2? We ain't that. We are oldish guys painstakingly crafting songs for yeeeears and then recording them. We live in Minnesota.

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