Lyrics Or so I Have Read - They Might Be Giants

Or so I Have Read

Animals can smell your dreams\nOr so I have read\nThat explains the constant sniffing\nUnder your bed\nOr so I have read\nIt says it right here\nAnd did you know\nThat mixing paint with milk will make it clear?\nBarber poles are found in the wild\nAnd caught in a cage\nIf you count the stripes\nYou can determine their age\nOr so says the sage\nThat authored this page\nWho owns a self-consuming timepiece\nCalled the chronophage\nEverything you hear is a fact\nAnd the opposite is also correct\nIf you swallowed up the planet\nYou would be a wiser man\nIt would be inside your head\nSo I have read\nYou may not believe this\nBut it has been shown\nThe reason clouds are white\nIs that they’re made out of bone\nAnd when I found out\nI slapped my own face\nFor now I know why skeletons\nAre up in outer space\nSomeday in the distant future\nSo I have read\nMicroscopic astronauts\nWill land on your head\nThere’s so much to know\nCan’t put this book down\nA mime is the hybrid offspring\nOf a human and a clown\nEverything you hear is a fact\nAnd the opposite is also correct\nIf you swallowed up the planet\nYou would be a wiser man\nIt would be inside your head\nOr so I have read