| [00:01.936][Verse 1: Aesop Rock] |
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I can take my finger off, old dog, old trick |
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New twist like actually take the finger off |
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Wrap it in a blanket as you would a severed horse head |
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Mail it to a friend you wanna pinky swear more with and |
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Should they need a forearm or something they can practice drawing skulls on |
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Cut it from the shoulder while the saw's warm |
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The full appendage really make a world of difference |
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Included too are 30 teeth to chew out all your critics |
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32 would have been perfect, 2 were casualties of it's it's- |
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I always wanted radder things for Christmas |
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The rest were cool |
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I'm shipping out a torso in the a.m |
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You should learn to hit the organs every time at 40 paces - it's important |
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I can't explain why now, by the way |
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Legs in a crate delivery by today |
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If a uniformed man knock knocks, sign his document |
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You shouldn't have to walk out to the mailbox for the other shit |
| [00:48.575][Pre-Chorus: Kimya Dawson] |
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My mom was a lunch lady when I was in elementary school |
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She was outside during recess |
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She had a whistle and I thought that that was cool |
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She was really nice to all the kids who didn't have a lot of friends |
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She would give them hugs and tell them jokes or she'd play catch with them |
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And, my dad worked at the laundromat which was really cool to me |
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I'd get to open up the washing machines |
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And clean them out and collect the money |
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And I'd open soap dispenser and put new little boxes of soap inside |
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I knew how it worked and I was good at it |
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And helping out filled me with a sense of pride |
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I would meet all kinds of people there and I would look them in the eye |
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And I'd say "Hi! Excuse me, but do you mind |
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If I shine the glass while your clothes dry?" |
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Yeah |
| [01:38.836][Chorus: Kimya Dawson, Aesop Rock, & Both] |
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My whole life is a |
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(My whole life is a delicate cycle) |
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A delicate cycle, a delicate cycle |
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My whole life is a |
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(My whole life is a delicate cycle) |
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A delicate cycle |
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My whole life is a |
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(My whole life is a delicate cycle) |
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A delicate cycle, a delicate cycle |
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My whole life is a |
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(My whole life is a delicate cycle) |
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A delicate cycle |
| [01:58.828][Verse 2: Aesop Rock] |
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Inside a jar with a lid, a giant arm with head |
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They said it used to walk upright and like New York after ten |
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One day it woke up out of order, nothing more to extend |
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Delicate cycle in the alpha of its orbiting zen |
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When interpersonal skill is already poor at its best |
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A conversation can be riddled with exorbitant debt |
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And you don't know it, but I know I owe you more than I've kept |
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So if you find a biohazard by your door on the step |
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Maybe it couldn't find its faculties, but swore it would help |
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Wanted to be a larger part than its abnormalcies let |
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Hang on, I'm overnighting eyes with a headlight-deer stare |
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One up, Vin Van, UPS an ear pair |
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Wear 'em if you need a new perspective on a weird year |
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And one day when I'm better we can square away a fair share |
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The last frame silhouetted by the sun |
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Was an air mail stamp on a still warm tongue |
| [02:38.343][Pre-Chorus: Kimya Dawson] |
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I was 26 years old the first time I lived in a house |
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With a washer and dryer in it and that's the year I bottomed out |
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Maybe what was missing was the sense of community that comes from |
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Hauling your big old load out in public and airing your dirty laundry |
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And the company of other people who also don't have the amenities |
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At their convenience in a home that's so set up that they never have to leave |
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I miss the smell, the dust, the coins, the trust |
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The squeaky carts, the vibrations |
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The bucket full of bleach, the dryer sheets |
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The old pay phone, the giant sink |
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I'd watch my daddy mop the floor |
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And my heart started with a quarter |
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I'd watch my daddy mop the floor |
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And my heart started with a quarter and |
| [03:27.091][Chorus: Kimya Dawson, Aesop Rock, & Both] |
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My whole life is a |
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(My whole life is a delicate cycle) |
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A delicate cycle, a delicate cycle |
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My whole life is a |
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(My whole life is a delicate cycle) |
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A delicate cycle |
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My whole life is a |
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(My whole life is a delicate cycle) |
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A delicate cycle, a delicate cycle |
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My whole life is a |
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(My whole life is a delicate cycle) |
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A delicate cycle |
