It's the wood man and his splintering self.
It's the wooden woman and her hollowing out

Sickly Micky Mouse.
Skinny Minnie Mouse.

Elvis, what happened ?

Pop Sickle note: The lable stapled a speaker
to the back of a sheep's throat.
Tongue depressor with the width
With the width of a spatula
suppresses all syllables;

"blah blah blah", end quote.

Cotton candy, Cotton candy... spun any way you like it.

Elvis, what happened?

High school picture day in L.A.,
someone in the sky with diamonds.
And you go back to bed
with a dead dog in your head.

How can I be your lover
when you sport a head of rubber?
Sucker...
You can't take applause to bed with you.
I've got my own blood and a decent depression line.

And then we say "fuck" in our pop song.


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    I'm correcting the parts of the lyrics that I'm positive about.

    two, three, i can't do it without, go

    IT'S the wood man and his splintering self, IT'S the wood woman and her hollowing out IT'S the wooden man and his splintering self, IT'S the wood woman and her hollowing out IT'S the wood man and his splintering self, IT'S the wood woman and her hollowing out

    (sickly mickey mouse skinny minnie mouse)(X3)

    elvis, what happened(X2)

    popsicle NOTE, the label stapled speaker, to the back of a sheep's throat, tongue depressor with the width with the width of a spatula suppressess all SYLLA BLE, bah bah blah, bah bah blah, end end end quote,

    cotton cotton candy, cotton cotton candy, cotton cotton candy, spun anyway you like it

    high school picture DAY IN L.A. someone in the sky (WITH DIAMONDS) and you go back to bed sittin dull dare head, two perfect strangers strangers carrying a matador, you can tell their strangers, chasing themselves in the windows of shops, how can i be your lover? when you SPORT A HEAD OF RUBBER, you can't take applause to bed and a decent depression of the mind <--(I'm not sure "of the mind" is actually said??)

    and then we said, fuck. in our pop song, in our pop song

    elvis, what happened? cotton cotton candy, cotton cotton candy, cotton cotton candy, spun anyway you like it,

    hi kiddies, WELL, we're cramping and sweating and groaning with the rest of them, i'm trying to give you that dope you were talking about, we've already wrecked three records trying to perfect one, first satellite with thrashing machine and then one thing or another, so maybe this thing isn't gonna turn out alright these records are sure the real mccoy your voice sounded so real on the last one i almost caught myself answering back a couple of times. . . well i'll see ya soon, send another record if you have one, being here is sure swell, we're gonna be on our vacation in. . .

    hello? who is this?

    MissChelseaDon December 16, 2008   Link

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