Build A Little Birdhouse In Your Soul

I've gotten this song stuck in my head. What first sounds like catchy nonsense from They Might Be Giants quickly resolves into some deeper nonsense.

Where does a song like this come from? Maybe a claim like, "I could write a song about anything!" And a challenge, "OK, what about that nightlite?"

How did I come across it? I've always enjoyed the Giants and had heard it before, but a snippet of it in the new show "Pushing Daisies" brought it back to mind and firmly planted it there.

I have a secret to tell
From my electrical well
It's a simple message and I'm leaving out the whistles and bells
So the room must listen to me
Filibuster vigilantly
My name is blue canary one note* spelled l-i-t-e

My story's infinite
Like the Longines Symphonette it doesn't rest


Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul