ist - Toothpick Bridge - Released August 17th, 2009
Social Workers #12 & 35
Nobody left me
Nobody died
Nobody tore this tender heart in two
Or took me for a ride
But I bought some bullets
And I bought a gun
Shot up some dumb petrolhead
For 12 bucks and some spearmint gum
You say you know why
You say you know why
My father kept it in his pants
And off my downy skin
My mother never kissed me
With her mouth raw from cheap gin
But I put my girlfriend
In intensive care
I busted up those borrowed ribs
And mussed that pretty dye-job hair
You say you know why
You say you know why
Does it bother you that I sleep like a baby at the breast?
Are you sure you really want to know the rest?
My idyllic childhood
My untroubled life
My beautiful girlfriend
My forgiving wife
My dutiful children
My God-given looks
My eyes full of wonder
My head full of books
My elderly victim
The cataract haze
The bloodied policeman
I dropped in the chase
The knife in the tendon
The teeth in the dirt
The whispers to loved ones
That only I heard
Are you sure that you know why?
Are you sure that you know why?
(c) 2009 ist
Lyrics: Hall Music: Hall//Haynes/McCourt/Richardson/Birtles/Barrow
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