Lyrics

How do we get by in this world?
How do we navigate the unnavigable?

Music and animals
And a reason to smile
Can we just sit and talk nonsense for a while?

They would burn us as witches if they knew
But everyone needs a familiar
To sing their secrets to

Music and animals
And a reason to smile
Can we just sit and talk nonsense for a while?
Music and animals
Companions and song
Help us keep our swing when things feel oh so wrong

Let's take a moment for each one (Here is a long lad fighting the sun)
Sent you a shot of Goober by text (Do we do keys or vocals next?)
Hey Buddy, we're sad to see you go (Are you singing the high part or the low?)
Isn't it F# in this key? (Hello Emmylou, are you screeching at me?)

How do we get by in this life?
What'll remind us we can laugh and dance and cry?

Music and animals
Random and real
So adorable but eldritch, isn't that the whole appeal?
Music and animals
Companions and song
Help us keep our swing when things feel oh so wrong

This spooky boy might bring you a smile (Here's Ziggy and Zorro in a pile)
Due respect to the ravens and the crows (Remind me how this chord sequence goes)
It's up to us to build this world (Can you believe that crazy squirrel?)
It's time to play for me and you (It's time to play for the animals too)

Maybe out of all of the myths and omens
We built a place to feel at home in
For you and me
And this whole menagerie
Octoberland
Visit us when you can

How do we get by in this world? (How do we get by, how do we get by?)
How do we get by in this world?