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Time flies like an arrow baby in a wheelbarrow swaying where the wind blows static on the radio now,
Bats eat fireflies look at how the time flies baby in a wheelbarrow static on the radio now,
Stayed up all night looking at the moonlight,
saw another bat fly and a firefly die,
no more grapes left, no more tapes left,
no more time left no more space left,
I think that the DJ left his booth,
I'm staring at the roof and there's static on the radio now,

Time flies like an arrow, I will be a man tomorrow the world is quiet there's a rainbow on the TV now,
I will stay awake the tooth fairy wont take all my teeth away a rainbow on the TV now.
Take my teeth to the cemetery,
don't walk up the spiral stairway,
monkeys & babies are scary,
my mom is not the tooth fairy,
I think that the DJ left his booth,
I'm staring at the roof and there's static on the radio now.

There are rainbows, There are daisies,
sweet old ladies, bats and babies,
There are no babes in wheelbarrows, no tooth fairies, no tomorrows,
Where's my past and where's my future?
When did the DJ leave his booth?
When did the wheelbarrow fall off the roof?
and where did the tooth fairy put my tooth?
Time flies like an arrow, I will be a man tomorrow, world is quiet and theres static on the radio,
I will stay awake the tooth won't take all my teeth away static on the radio,
I think the DJ left his booth I'm staring at the roof and there's static on the radio now,

And I don't fall asleep, I ascend to it.

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from It's the Ones Who've Cracked That the Light Shines Through (2003), released June 1, 2003
Jeffrey Lewis / LightningLewis Music / ASCAP

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Jeffrey Lewis New York, New York

Native New Yorker Jeffrey Lewis is a comic book writer/artist and a musician.  Jeffrey Lewis and his band tour the world, mixing folk with noise and sharing stages with the likes of Stephen Malkmus, The Mountain Goats, and more. Jeffrey has albums out on Rough Trade, Moshi Moshi and Don GIovanni Records, and has been featured by NPR, The History Channel, The NY Times and more. ... more

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