SquidHouse
Words by: Joseph Zemek
Concept Thanks to Shawn Swenson
Music by: They Might be Giants

Sung to the music of "Birdhouse in your Soul" by They Might be Giants

Blue cephalopod in the ocean by the lighthouse,
Who watches over you?
Make a little squidhouse in your soul
Squid head's got a point on it,
that's why no one makes squid bonnets
Make a little squidhouse in your soul

I have some ink to expel, from my biological well,
It's a simple compound and I must tell you that it doesn't smell
Then you won't be able to see, as I flee expediently
I'm kind of skittish 'cause most sea life eyes me hungrily
But I'll get bigger soon, and plumb the depths and fight a whale or two

(insert Apollo 18 album cover here!)

Blue cephalopod in the ocean by the lighthouse,
Who watches over you?
Make a little squidhouse in your soul
Squid head's got a point on it,
that's why no one makes squid bonnets
Make a little squidhouse in your soul

I've got the same big eyes as my cousin octopi
They are more photogenic 'cause they aren't quite so shy
While squid are rarely seen, behind their inky black screen,
Octopi are found in National Geographic Magazine!
But we don't make a fuss, 'cause they've got two less tentacles than us.

Blue cephalopod in the ocean by the lighthouse,
Who watches over you?
Make a little squidhouse in your soul
Squid head's got a point on it,
that's why no one makes squid bonnets
Make a little squidhouse in your soul

And while you're at it, leave a yummy lobster in the squidhouse in your soul
leave a bunch of oysters in the squidhouse in your soul
leave a cute she-squid in the squidhouse in your soul
leave (insert things squid like ad nauseam)in the squidhouse in your soul

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