Andrew Bird - Spirograph lyrics

Echoes down water wells Picked up in sacred spirograph Weekend and winter's unendable bendable baby They buried him next to his first wife His widow watched from under a visor Daughter tried to keep her out of the sun that was blazing Oh, oh Then the sun went down And she went to sleep She lays her burden down She don't need to sleep When they were done they went back home To a house he built with opposable thumbs When they were so much younger Oh, oh Five years later she died in her house All the breath that blows all the dust around It just keeps on sifting Oh, oh Then the sun went down And she went to sleep She lays her burden down She don't need to sleep, oh no Echoes down water wells Picked up in sacred spirograph Weekend and winter's unendable bendable baby