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"[[Birdhouse in Your Soul]]" by They Might Be Giants is an upbeat song that is part of the [[Canon]] at several sites.  It is also commonly played after [[Passionfruit]] at [[Lancaster]] by the Electric Tree. Students jump up and down to the beat. At "birdhouse in your soul", students make triangles with their hands in the air in a very Illuminati fashion. At "bee in your bonnet", students pretend to take off an imaginary hat.

==Lyrics==

I'm your only friend<br />
I'm not your only friend<br />
But I'm a little glowing friend<br />
But really I'm not actually your friend<br />
But I am

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch<br />
Who watches over you<br />
Make a little birdhouse in your soul<br />
Not to put too fine a point on it<br />
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet<br />
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

I have a secret to tell<br />
From my electrical well<br />
It's a simple message and I'm leaving out the ''(pump fists and yell)'' whistles and bells<br />
So the room must listen to me<br />
Filibuster vigilantly<br />
My name is blue canary one note* spelled ''(pump fists and yell)'' l-i-t-e<br />
My story's infinite<br />
Like the Longines Symphonette it doesn't rest

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch<br />
Who watches over you<br />
Make a little birdhouse in your soul<br />
Not to put too fine a point on it<br />
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet<br />
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

I'm your only friend<br />
I'm not your only friend<br />
But I'm a little glowing friend<br />
But really I'm not actually your friend<br />
But I am

There's a picture opposite me<br />
Of my primitive ancestry<br />
Which stood on rocky shores and kept the beaches ''(pump fists and yell)'' shipwreck free<br />
Though I respect that a lot<br />
I'd be fired if that were my job<br />
After killing Jason off and countless screaming ''(pump fists and yell)'' Argonauts<br />
Bluebird of friendliness<br />
Like guardian angels its always near

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch<br />
Who watches over you<br />
Make a little birdhouse in your soul<br />
Not to put too fine a point on it<br />
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet<br />
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

(And while you're at it<br />
Keep the nightlight on inside the<br />
Birdhouse in your soul)

Not to put too fine a point on it<br />
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet<br />
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch (and while you're at it)<br />
Who watches over you (keep the nightlight on inside the)<br />
Make a little birdhouse in your soul (birdhouse in your soul)<br />
Not to put too fine a point on it<br />
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet<br />
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch (and while you're at it)<br />
Who watches over you (keep the nightlight on inside the)<br />
Make a little birdhouse in your soul (birdhouse in your soul)<br />
Not to put too fine a point on it<br />
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet<br />
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

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