• Song:

    The Spine Song

  • Artist:

    Cake Bake Betty

  • Album:

    Songs About Teeth

A5
and you're down
          F5
for the count
           A5
you are dancing with men
         F5
going round and around
               A5
and you're scared
               F5
and you're sure
              A5
that your spine will dissolve
            F5
you will fall to the floor
           A5
you will take
              F5
what you need
             A5
and the headaches will come
          F5
but at least you can breathe
         A5
as the smoke
            F5
fills your lungs
          A5
we will wait for the day
          F5
we'll rejoice when it comes


           C5
on your birthday
      G5
you woke up
      A5                    F5
the snow was on the ground
      C5                        G5
you opened books and peeked inside
       A5                       F5
they kissed you on your crown
       C5              G5
with pins in your fingers
      A5                  F5
you held yourself up high
      C5                       G5
the picture peeled the person
       A5                 F5
they let themselves divide


     A5
you arrive
         F5
at the place
      A5
it is not what you want
        F5
but it is what you chase
          A5
so you don't
           F5
have to hold
A5
all of the candles
       F5
that burn on their own
           A5
you will steal
          F5
all the smells
       A5                                  F5
that cut through your nose and inside on your cells
             A5
when it's time
      F5
to escape
       A5                          F5
you realize you've waited until it's too late


            C5
but your birthday
G5
inflated
     A5                          F5
the bones with which you creak
       C5                           F5
they stole your shoes and brought you to
      A5                  F5
the caverns of their teeth
      C5
you pleaded
    G5
oh kind sir
          A5                F5
please let me say goodbye
       C5                           G5
your soul ripped from your stomach
      A5                F5
you gave an awful cry
F5
a cry
F5
a cry
F5
a cry


       C5     G5        F5
and when I have died
C5          G5        F5
will you use my spine
    C5              G5        F5
to swing from tree to tree in search of
C5          G5       F5
places pleasing to the eye?


       C5     G5        F5
and when I have died
C5          G5        F5
will you use my spine
    C5              G5        F5
to swing from tree to tree in search of
C5          G5       F5
places pleasing to the eye?


       C5     G5        F5
and when I have died
C5          G5        F5
will you use my spine
    C5              G5        F5
to swing from tree to tree in search of
C5          G5       F5
places pleasing to the eye?


C5 G5 F5

C5 G5 F5

C5 G5 F5 F5

C5  G5       
I said
A5 F5
I'm sorry dear
C5  G5       
I said
A5 F5
I'm sorry dear
            C5             G5        A5       F5
but you don't listen
          C5               G5
no you don't listen
      A5         F5
you silly little girl
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