Smithsonian - The Avett Brothers

Call the Smithsonian, I made a discovery

Life ain’t forever and lunch isn’t free

Loved ones will break your heart with or without you

Turns out we don’t get to know everything

Get the young scientists, tell them «come quick»

I must be the first man that’s ever seen this

Lines on my face, my teeth are not white

My eyes do not work and my legs don’t move right

Call the Smithsonian, I made a discovery

Life ain’t forever and lunch isn’t free

Loved ones will break your heart with or without you

Turns out we don’t get to know everything

I wonder if Romeo ever got scared

Taken but shaken, unprepared

Under the balcony, under the trees

Fully unknowing of where this would lead

What if we marry or give up the ghost?

Or we abandon those we love most?

What if you carry me and lay me down

Once you get used to me being around?

Call the Smithsonian, I made a discovery

Life ain’t forever and lunch isn’t free

Loved ones will break your heart with or without you

Turns out we don’t get to know everything

My bedroom’s an office, my kitchen’s a car

My life is a joke and my bathroom’s a bar

I go there a lot, more than I should

I know I should stop, but it feels too damn good

Call the Smithsonian, I made a discovery

Life ain’t forever and lunch isn’t free

Loved ones will break your heart with or without you

Turns out we don’t get to know everything

Turns out we don’t get to know everything