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Elephant Lyrics
Blush wine and a good time elephant
On the cash bar later quite elegant
Guess you know, yes you know, yes you know what I mean.
Me and Moll are doing fine. What has happened to me. What has happened to me.
You rub your chin on my neck, moving it smooth as stone
Crash some party with some moves as smooth as they come.
Blame a drink, spill a drink, blame the drinking again.
Blame the (?) shadow at the edge of my bed.
My bitter heartache
My sweet revenge
My excess removes your lack of friends.
Hey!
Recognize, realize, recognize me.
In my blue leather shoes, I hope you like me.
May I sit? Have a seat and a coffee please.
Me and Moll are doing fine. What has happened to me.
Awww what has happened to me.
I know it's troubling.
But not at all.
Does the three dollar chip ever warrant a phone call.
My bitter heartache
My sweet revenge
My excess removes your lack of friends.
So you think you'll get away with having all my bones to play with
Build it better, take it back you're one slick fuck, I'll give you that
I bet you felt so naked when you laid out on my bed
Forget the shit you told me months ago gon' make sure that I shot my load
Cause I've drawn some conclusions
I'm back with nosebleeds and bruises, torture's not a gunshot
so get your ass up and use it
Surprised yeah? I would be
And why the hell don't you hate me
We're making this easy
I'm fine now.
No really.
On the cash bar later quite elegant
Guess you know, yes you know, yes you know what I mean.
Me and Moll are doing fine. What has happened to me. What has happened to me.
Crash some party with some moves as smooth as they come.
Blame a drink, spill a drink, blame the drinking again.
Blame the (?) shadow at the edge of my bed.
My sweet revenge
My excess removes your lack of friends.
In my blue leather shoes, I hope you like me.
May I sit? Have a seat and a coffee please.
Me and Moll are doing fine. What has happened to me.
Awww what has happened to me.
But not at all.
Does the three dollar chip ever warrant a phone call.
My sweet revenge
My excess removes your lack of friends.
Build it better, take it back you're one slick fuck, I'll give you that
I bet you felt so naked when you laid out on my bed
Forget the shit you told me months ago gon' make sure that I shot my load
I'm back with nosebleeds and bruises, torture's not a gunshot
so get your ass up and use it
Surprised yeah? I would be
And why the hell don't you hate me
We're making this easy
I'm fine now.
No really.
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It's also, "to make sure that I shot my load." In a video of him singing it at Langdon St Cafe in Montpelier, Vermont he clarifies afterward saying, "If you think you just heard, 'shot my load,' you did." Such a good song!
Joe posted this in a blog about Elephant, once,
"That song, and almost everything written before it, is about the first and only time I fell in love and was disappointed by someone."
Shouldn't it say "Build it better, take it back, you're one slick fuck I'll give you that" ?