“Wait just a second now/It’s not all that bad/are we not having fun?” Andrew Bird charmingly coerces in this song from his acclaimed 2007 album, Armchair Apocrypha. With all the swagger of a punch-drunk and cocksure Nick Drake it’s impossible not to dig this intoxicating bit of musical barbiturate.

Listen to it by clicking the play button below, or download it here (right-click, “save as”) and have your pants charmed off.

Check him out in Toronto on Sept. 25 (the same day as Iron and Wine–dammit!) at the Opera House or buy the album here.