Yeah we danced around the golden calf And we had a very sharp knife And we never did anything by halves We had a strong philosophy of life And everything that flies is not a bird Yeah we give it such a friendly reception Disarm it and disembowel it with a feather Hope for the best nothing's too good For the lords of the plague When everything that flies is not a bird You're a part of my world here You're the air that I breathe in You're a part of my world here The water I urinate in And the wind and sea get up on their hind legs and walk across the land I have to cut off the electricity to turn off the light We had a strong philosophy on light And everything that flies is not a bird Is not a bird