The lyrics were written collectively by Davis and Neo, line by line, at an outdoor table outside of the Blue Room Cafe at Harbin Hot Springs, and the song was recorded in a Cole Valley garage in 2006.
You shuddered and I gasped
And I wondered what you meant
The toothpaste was still sitting there
Like a failed experiment.
The powder would have made it
If the plumbing had not burst
But tooth and claw both jaded
Got the better of us first
We stirred up some concoction
Blurted out some magic words
And when our wishes stood erect
We fed them to the birds
Fly bird fly
Out of my eye.
©2006 J Neo Marvin and Davis Jones (BMI)