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Author: They Might Be Giants
Sung by: John Flansburgh
Length: 2: 4
On Albums: Then: The Earlier Years, They'll Need A Crane, Lincoln

Lie still, little bottle, and shake my shaky hand
Black coffee's not enough for me, I need a better friend
One pill at the bottom is singing my favorite song
I know I must investigate
I hope that I can sing along

There's no time for metaphors cried the little pill to me
He said, "Life is a placebo masquerading as a simile"*
Well, I knew that pill was lying
Too gregarious, too nice
But as he walked I had to sing this twice

Lie still, little bottle
Don't twist, it ain't twistin' time
With every move you make you just disintegrate my ever-troubled mind

Lie still, little bottle, and shake my shaky hand
Black coffee's not enough for me, I need a better friend
One pill at the bottom is singing my favorite song
I know I must investigate
I hope that I can sing along

Lie still, little bottle
Lie still
Lie still, little bottle
Lie still
Lie still
Lie still

Notes

*The Frank O'Toole demo version: "I need to get some shuteye, I wish that you could let me be."

The entire lyrics for the original Dial-a-Song version were:

As I lie still
Lie still
Lie still, little bottle