Bones

from Blackbird Nice by Pretty Swans

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lyrics

every damn day
i'm picking my bones up
off the ground
little skinny things now
how did these bones get
all around?

we were swimming backwards
right back up the river and we
couldn't turn around around around
you were pushing water over
over my head and i
couldn't hear a sound a sound a sound
over in the clover in the
meadow i swam over to you
you were looking funny you were
on the ground

every damn day
i'm picking my bones up
off the ground
little skinny things now
how did these bones get
all around?

we were grinning like a horse in a
movie about a bank heist
movie about train robber burn it down
now river bank's broke yeah it's
fresh up out of money cause we
stole all of the money made an awful sound
but the bank broke us yeah it
broke all of our little bitty
brittle little bones and they're on the ground

every damn day
i'm picking my bones up
off the ground
little skinny things now
how did these bones get
all around?

i was drinking all the creek water
nails all in the dirt honey
funny thing to happen when you're feeling down
you were lying in the grass and you
did move a muscle so i
didn't move a muscle didn't make a sound
we were swimming backwards
right back up the river and we
couldn't turn around around around

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from Blackbird Nice, released November 17, 2020
Recorded in 2012 in Jim Laczkowski's closet in St. Charles, IL
Never Angeline North: electric baritone ukulele, vocals
Maureen Sill: guitar
Michelle Sinsky: keyboard, vocals
Jim Laczkowski: recording, producing, bass, drums, everything else

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