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Down To This Lyrics
You get the ankles
and I get the wrists.
You get the ankles
and I get the wrists.
You get the ankles
and I get the wrists.
You come down to this.
Nerves are up
and the eyes all screwy
Blood like a panful
of boiling ratatouille
Muscles in a mess like a mess of spaghetti
Hack through the mess with a greased-up machete
Hang from the axles of a box car
Follow the dotted line
Like a steer to Chicago
to the hooks of the Chicago man
I get all tripped up
my eyes turn to water
rug burns from a shag rug
struck dumb in the presence
polyester burns from a jacket
rub the skin thin
break down in a diner
then I pay the bill
cashier toothpick stuck in the ground
tiny lawnmower to mow me down
I could get lost in a lunchbox
lie low in the mittens in the lost and found
and I get the wrists.
You get the ankles
and I get the wrists.
You get the ankles
and I get the wrists.
You come down to this.
and the eyes all screwy
Blood like a panful
of boiling ratatouille
Muscles in a mess like a mess of spaghetti
Hack through the mess with a greased-up machete
Follow the dotted line
Like a steer to Chicago
to the hooks of the Chicago man
my eyes turn to water
rug burns from a shag rug
struck dumb in the presence
polyester burns from a jacket
rub the skin thin
break down in a diner
then I pay the bill
tiny lawnmower to mow me down
I could get lost in a lunchbox
lie low in the mittens in the lost and found
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Doughty was stoned while working at the Knitting Factory. He was in charge of something to do with lists and a co-worker was in charge of tickets. Doughty was singing, "You've got the tickets and I've got the list!" over and over. Annoyed the hell out of his co-worker. He later tried various things that sounded the same and settled on "ankles and wrists."
simple ramblings, smoke mad herb!
Yep. Exactly....and he was working as a bouncer btw..
I've seen somewhere that Doughty was tripping balls and hallucinated himself throwing himself off the roof of a building, hence the 'you get the ankles and I'll get the wrists.' Doughty is awesome.