a song about a nightlight

you either know birdhouse in your soul or not. it's the catchy little ditty about a nightlight serenading the occupants of its room.

and seriously, it seems that every quirky and creative person that i know knows and loves this they might be giants song. and we all have a favourite line that we can just sing out of the blue.

i've always liked the lines:

so the room must listen to me
filibuster vigilantly
my name is blue canary one note spelled l-i-t-e

i mean, what a combination of words.

the first time sean caught me humming the tune, we were in his kitchen. i asked him if he knew they might be giants. he said yes. i sang the line "not to put too fine a point on it" and without skipping a beat, sean followed with "say i'm the only bee in your bonnet."

make a little birdhouse in your soul. indeed.

oh, and pushing daisies which featured the song was a really good show.