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if you want to come on down
down with your bones so white
and watch the freight trains pound
into the wild, wild night
how i would love to gnaw
gnaw on your bones so white
and watch while the freight trains paw
paw at the wild, wild night
all these ghost towns, wreathed in old loam
assateague knee-deep in seafoam
ho swansea! buttonwillow!
lagunitas! ho calico!
and all these beastly bungalows
stare, distend, like endless toads
endlessly hop down the road
borne by wind, we southward blow
and yonder, wild and blue
the wild blue yonder looms
till we are wracked with rheum
by roads, by songs entombed
and all we want to do
is chew, and chew, and chew!
dear one, drive on
when all we want to do
is chew, and chew, and chew
and if you want to come on down
down with your bones so white
watch while the freight trains pound
into the wild, wild night
how i would love to gnaw
to gnaw on your bones so white
and watch while the freight trains paw
paw at the wild, wild night
down with your bones so white
and watch the freight trains pound
into the wild, wild night
how i would love to gnaw
gnaw on your bones so white
and watch while the freight trains paw
paw at the wild, wild night
all these ghost towns, wreathed in old loam
assateague knee-deep in seafoam
ho swansea! buttonwillow!
lagunitas! ho calico!
and all these beastly bungalows
stare, distend, like endless toads
endlessly hop down the road
borne by wind, we southward blow
and yonder, wild and blue
the wild blue yonder looms
till we are wracked with rheum
by roads, by songs entombed
and all we want to do
is chew, and chew, and chew!
dear one, drive on
when all we want to do
is chew, and chew, and chew
and if you want to come on down
down with your bones so white
watch while the freight trains pound
into the wild, wild night
how i would love to gnaw
to gnaw on your bones so white
and watch while the freight trains paw
paw at the wild, wild night
Lyrics submitted by Mopnugget
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Hey, samshipstone, very nice reasoning on the journey idea! I am with you on this. But I guess there's something underneath the journey, the gnawing white bones, watching the freight trains, chewing, is about memories of Sadie (her dog). I am afraid that some of her songs, entirely or part of them, are not understandable at all. They are very personal memories translated to a lyrical expression, so they are so cryptic that even for her they are symbols.
In my opinion, though I do love the ethereal way she makes scenarios, sometimes I regret the lack of clarity. I know many songs as ingenious as hers but clear. To me, that is how ingenious art is, sophisticated, but clear. Unless she is just trying to create an atmosphere, than the meaning doesn't really matter. But then, it is a pity to waste so many beautiful words in something meaningless for the listener.