Artist: XTC

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I Bought Myself A Liarbird

I bought myself a liarbird
He came with free drinks just to blur
The lies falling out like rain
On an average English summer's afternoon

I bought myself a new notebook
Sharpened my guitar and went to look
If this biz was just as bongo as the liarbird made out

All he would say
Is ``I can make you famous''
All he would say
All he would say
``Just like a household name'' is
All he would say

Methinks world is for you
Made of what you believe
If it's false or if it's true
You can read it in your bible
Or on the back of this record sleeve

I bought myself a liarbird
Things got more and more absurd
It changed to a cuckoo
And expanded filling up with all I gave

I bought myself a big mistake
He grew too greedy, bough will break
And then we will find that liarbirds
Are really flightless on their own

All he would say
Is ``I can make you famous''
All he would say
All he would say
``Just like a household name'' is
All he would say

Methinks world is for you
There's no handing it back
If it's false or it's true
You can read it in your prayer book
Or on the side of a cornflake pack

I gave away a liarbird
A couple less drinks and now I've heard
The truth shining out like sun
On an average English winter's afternoon

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2. 1000 Umbrellas
3. 25 ’O Clock
4. Across This Antheap
5. All You Pretty Girls
6. Always Winter But Never Christmas
7. Another Satellite
8. Atom Age
9. Ballet For A Rainy Day
10. Battery Brides
11. Beating Of Hearts
12. Beatown
13. Big Day
14. Bike Ride To Moon
15. Blue Beret
16. Blue In Paradise
17. Blue Overall
18. Books Are Burning
19. Brainiacs Daughter
20. Bungalow
21. Burning With Optimism’s Flames
22. Buzzcity Talking
23. Chain Off Command
24. Cherry In Your Tree
25. Collideascope
26. Complicated Game
27. Crocodile
28. Crowded Room
29. Cynical Days
30. Day In Day Out
31. Dear God
32. Dear Madam Barnum
33. Deliver Us From The Elements
34. Difficult Age
35. Do What You Do
36. Don’t Ever Dare Call Me Chickenhead
37. Dying
38. Earn Enoghh For Us
39. Everything
40. Funk Pop A Roll
41. Garden Of Earthly Delights
42. Generals And Majors
43. Goodbye Humanosaurus
44. Goosey Goosey
45. Grass
46. Great Fire
47. Have You Seen Jackie?
48. Heatwave
49. Helicopter
50. Holly Up On Poppy
51. Human Alchemy
52. Humble Daisy
53. I Am The Audience
54. I Bought Myself A Liarbird
55. I Remember The Sun
56. I’m Bugged
57. In Loving Memory Of A Name
58. It’s Snowing Angels
59. Jumping In Gomorah
60. Ladybird
61. Life Is Good In The Greenhouse
62. Limelight
63. Little Lighthouse
64. Living Through Another Cuba
65. Love At First Sight
66. Love On A Farmboy’s Wages
67. Making Plans For Nigel
68. Me And The Wind
69. Meccanic Dancing (Oh We Go!)
70. Mermaid Smiled
71. Millions
72. My Byrd Performs
73. My Love Explodes
74. My Train Is Coming
75. My Weapon
76. Neon Shuffle
77. New Town Animal
78. No Language In Our Lungs
79. No One Here Available
80. Officer Blue
81. Omnibus
82. Outside World
83. Pale And Precious
84. Paper And Iron
85. Poor Skeleton Steps Out
86. Ra Ra For Red Rocking Horse
87. Radios In Motion
88. Real By Reel
89. Red
90. Red Brick Dream
91. Reign Of Blows
92. Respectable Street
93. Roads Girdle The Globe
94. Rocket
95. Rocket From A Bottle
96. Rook
97. Sacrifical Bonfire
98. Scissor Man
99. Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her
100. Season Cycle
101. Set Myself On Fire
102. Sgt. Rock
103. Shake You Donkey Up
104. Shiny Cage
105. Spinning Top
106. Star Park
107. Statue Of Liberty
108. Summer’s Cauldron
109. Super-Tuff
110. Take This Town
111. Ten Feet Tall
112. That Is The Way
113. That Wave
114. That’s Really Super, Supergirl
115. The Affiliated
116. The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead
117. The Disappointed
118. The Everyday Story Of Smalltown
119. The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul
120. The Meeting Place
121. The Mole From The Ministry
122. The Rhythm
123. The Smartest Monkeys
124. The Ugly Underneath
125. The World is Full of Angry Young Men
126. Then She Appeared
127. This Is Pop
128. This Is Pop?
129. This Is The End
130. This World Over
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132. Train Running Low On Soul Coal
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147. You’re The Wish You Are I Had
148. Your Gold Dress
149. Zonked Right Out