Devendra Banhart - Little Yellow Spider

Artist: Devendra Banhart
Song: Little Yellow Spider
Album: Nino Rojo (2004)

Singer-songwriter Devendra Banhart is often associated with the subgenres known as freak folk, psych folk or New Weird America. Essentially his music is gentle and twee and a little bit strange, with latest album Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (2007) being especially experimental. He started a recording career in 2002 and first got noticed after second album Oh Me Oh My. Third full-length Rejoicing In The Hands (2004) was widely acclaimed and nominated by many publications as one of the best albums of the year.

Niño Rojo (2004) and Cripple Crow (2005) further boosted his reputation.

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One, two, three, four

Little yellow spider, laughing at the snow

Ah, maybe that spider knows something that I don't know'

Cause I'm goddamn cold

Little white monkey, staring at the sand

Well, maybe that monkey figured out something I couldn't understandWho knows?

Well, I came upon a dancing crab,

and I stopped to watch it shakeI said,

"Dance for me just one more time

Before you hibernate and you come out a crab cake

"Hey there, little snapping turtle, snapping at a shell

Ah, there's mysteries inside, I know

But what they are I just can't tell for sure

And hey ya, little baby crow, you're looking kinda mean

I think I outta spit before you start letting off your steam

For sureAnd hey there, little sexy pig, you made it with a man

And you're got a little kid with hooves instead of hands

And oh, all the animals

All the animals

And hey there, little mockingbird, they sing about you in songs

Ah, where you been? Have you broke a wing?

I haven't heard you in so long

And hey there, little albatross, swimming in the air

Ah c'mon, you know I can't fly

And I, I think we really outta play fair

And hey there, Mr. happy squid, you move so psychadelically

You hypnotize with your magic dance all the animals in the sea

For sureAnd oh, all the animals

All the animals

And hey there, Mr. morning sun, what kind of creature are you?

I can't stare, but I know you're there

Goddamn, how I wish I knew

And hey there, Mrs. lovely moon, you're lonely and you're blue

It's kinda strange, the way you change

But then again, we all do too

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