Saturday, March 8, 2008

White Tooth Man - Iron and Wine

This song is excellent fiction, or at least a good comic book. 



Said the plain clothes cop to the beauty queen "I've seen nothing but a spoke in the wheel"
So she gave up her crown to a kid with a crutch and they both felt cheated after closing the deal
When the white tooth man I ran with then got all cut up from pissing out in the weeds
And a fight upstate with a broken blade and a wife whose finger never wanted a ring 



Said the plain clothes cop to the Indian Chief "I've made nothing but an honest mistake"
And the postman cried while reading your mail and we all got trampled in the christmas parade 
When the white tooth man who sold me the gun a map of canaan , and the government bonds 
Said "I love this town but it ain't the same" his ski mask ripped as he was putting it on



Said the plain clothes cop to the holy ghost "I've heard nothing yet that wasn't the wind"
And we all got sick on a strip club meal while the state house pardoned all the witches again
So the white tooth man with his kids in the car and a wad of money that was already spent 
Said "I love my dog but she just ran away and she'll keep running like the world never ends"

You can hear the full song here:  Iron and Wine

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