[Chorus: Avey Tare & Panda Bear]
I could be a hare and I’d
Sneak into my private rivals
Dreaming I’m a burglar
Quick as any day in my
Fleeting little chest of hopefuls
Lost it to the burglars
I can be aware and yeah
Maybe I’m the same like pirates
Likened to the burglars
Threat on any day and I’m
Hiding from the hare who’s also
Hiding from the burglars

[Verse 1: Avey Tare, Avey Tare & Panda Bear]
And I didn’t catch his name, pow
Shot him on the range, yow
'Cause he was a burglar
Happens in the parks, boohoo
Even in the old days
Stinking of the burglars
Happens in my home
I never see it coming

[Verse 2: Avey Tare & Panda Bear]
When I was young
We used to put
Alarms on our doors and screens
Like a burglar net
Now that I’m older
I’m sure that’s absurd
That’s the word for the man who collects
Who’s he stealing from next?
When I was young
My parents yelled
"Beware of the ivory man
That will steal and sell"
Now that I’m older
Those words are still pure
Not the look of a crook in his books
What’s he taking from you?
[Verse 3: Avey Tare & Panda Bear, Avey Tare]
And worried peeps go on about it
Say a lot of changes better come
A pocket full of change is emptied by
A little gawky bright and bubbly bird
A lot of heroes out there thinking 'bout it
But minutes of their lives are ticking down
And bottles full of love are drunken by
A tricky trite and thirsty hungry bird
Blooming tips on tulip cones that
Don’t pay out, they keep on growing
Costume thieves who never hand back
Half of what you end up owing

[Bridge: Avey Tare & Panda Bear]
Has this town really gotten much better?
Are the burglars gonna keep on trying to meddle with it?
Has this town really gotten much better?
Are the burglars gonna keep on trying to meddle with it?
Has this town really gotten much better?
Are the burglars gonna keep on trying to meddle with it?
Has this town really gotten much better?
Are the burglars gonna keep on trying to meddle with it?

[Pre-Chorus: Avey Tare]
Probably driving your car with someone
Close up your head 'cause they
Are they reading your letters
Come on, pack up the bed for betters
[Chorus: Avey Tare & (Panda Bear)]
Stealing from the day, didn’t take a second
Listened to a record and they got away
(What you think you own, you don’t)
Sneaky are the burglars (Watch out the burglars)
When I cross their way like a helpless chicken
Bones will soon be clinking, wearing me for play
(What you think you own, you don’t)
Bracelet on a burglar (Watch out the burglars)
Thought I was okay, not as bad as some
Sunset on the slums, see another day
(What you think you own, you don’t)
Happy are the burglars (Watch out the burglars)
Brush it all away or do I let it sink in?
Is it my ambition just to turn away?
(What you think you own, you don’t)
Freedom for the burglars (Watch out the burglars)

[Bridge: Avey Tare & (Panda Bear)]
Has this town really got much better since the burglars burden its deliverer?
(What you think you own, you don’t)
Has this town really got much better since the burglars burden its deliverer?
(Watch out the burglars)
Has this town really got much better since the burglars burden its deliverer?
(What you think you own, you don’t)
Has this town really got much better since the burglars burden its deliverer?
(Watch out the burglars)
[Outro: Avey Tare]
What you think you own, you don’t
Watch out the burglars