[Chorus 1: Andrew Bird]
I can tell by the way you take your infusion
You've spent some time in a mental institution
Oh, what a dream life would seem if only
They'd let you keep your Etch-A-Sketch

[Verse 1]
Oh, you laugh like a banshee, gesticulate your delirium
They treat you like a corpse, keep you full of candy lithium
What a dream life would seem if only you could see
The world from inside an Etch-A-Sketch

[Chorus 2]
I can tell by the way you reach your conclusions
You're the director of a mental institution
Oh what a dream life would seem if only
It hadn't been for Doctor B

[Verse 2]
Animate yourself an alternate reality
Consummate a self-pleasing artificiality
You can have yourself to tea

[Chorus 1]
I can tell by the way you take your infusion
You've spent some time in a mental institution
Oh, what a dream life would seem if only could see
The world from inside an Etch-A-Sketch