Squirrel Nut Zippers The Kraken歌词

Your mama never told you how you were s'posed to treat a girl Your papa never told you now you're alone, out in the world Sirens are screaming inside the winding sheets are pale The devils are dreaming, dreaming of a blue angel Now I lay me down to s

My drag, It's a weight on my back I'm lost in a stack, without my drag My blues, Alone and confused Oh I'm spreadin' the news, about my drag I can go right along, singin' the songs that happiness brings If I stop for a while I can smile and be glad b

Met the Ghost of Stephen Foster at the Hotel Paradise This is what I told him as I gazed into his eyes: Rooms were made for carpets, Towers made for spires, Ships were made for cannonade fire off from inside them Gwine to run all night Gwine to run a

That low down man of mine Mistreats me all the time He says he loves me only then turns around and leaves me sad and lonely If he could see through my eyes and be the one who cries he, he would see he would never be that low down man of mine That low

In a line at a cafe I overheard a waitress say These cats is broke, I knows 'em Through 'em out the doors and close 'em' Still look saggy, for so low This occupation's got to go Up pulls the limo, up goes the thrill The suits are picking up the bill

All the time of finding ways to make things fall in line I know how tricky things can be. But I really do believe that You are mine, and our stars are there before us. Listen here, some things are meant to be. Tried to take it slow Tried to lose cont

Down in the country where I was born, We'd go to church ev'ry Sunday mornin', Then in the evening the lights would fade, These are the words that my mama said: "Children I hope you sleep tight, And don't let the bedbugs bite, If you should die before

Put a lid on it What's that you say? Put a lid on it Oh man, no way Put a lid down on it, and everything will be all right. Put a lid on it Don't hand me that Put a lid on it I'm all right, jack Put a lid down on it, before somebody starts a fight. S

When I was a lad, I was a little bit shy. Something came along and caught my eye. When I heard the jazz band strike up, I swear, I had my mind made up. Now I'm getting older Everything is in full swing. Now I'm getting bolder Boy, I've got to do that