Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson LYRICS

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 Im surrounded I just cant stop.

Its a matter of instinct its a matter of conditioning
its a matter of fact.
You can call me Pavlovs dog
Ring a bell and Ill salivate
howd you like that?
Dr. Landy tell me youre not just a
pedagogue
cause right now Im

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Lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did
Well Im lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did.

So Im lying here
just staring at the ceiling tiles,
and Im thinking about what to think about.
Just listening and relistening to Smiley Smile,
and Im wondering if this is some kind of creative drought
because Im

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And if you want to find me Ill 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.

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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 Im

*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 Im surrounded I just cant stop