Woodbox Gang - Let Em Break Your Bones

band : woodbox gang
album : born with a tail

let Em break your bones

verse 1
G Am
i got these crazy dreams just don’t know what they mean
C D G
sometimes i dream so loud it wakes up dead folks underground
G Am
hatches baby birds and shakes Em on down
C D
makes the weeping willow trees cry themselves brown

chorus
G
let ’em break your bones
Am
don’t let ’em take your soul
C
fill your heart up let it explode
D
don’t let it turn cold

verse 2
the only things that i recall as a witness to the slaughter
was the muddy and bloody water and the farmer’s youngest daughter
covered in blood and feathers playing with a dead rabbit
she smiled like a centerfold reached out saying come and get it

verse 3
i found a dying angel after the mutiny in heaven
when i asked her what happened she said look up there and you can see them
i saw white wings torn off and caught in the razor wire
they did their best to bust out but they couldn’t get any higher

verse 4
a clown tattooed vomit on his chin teardrops on his cheeks
he painted nails on his hands and he nailed hooves to his feet
his dying words were befriend a man who can settle for less
but beware the poor creature who will kill for the best

verse 5
he pissed tulips she bled a rose i cried stinging nettle
we were all at ground zero waiting for the dust to settle
she said i’m a morning glory won’t you open me slowly
he said i’m a dandelion come over here and blow me

verse 6
she was standing in her darkened doorway wearing nothing but a cuban guitar
her leather strap wrapped over her shoulder she was sucking an electric cigar
she said why are you so quiet if you don’t believe in silence?
i cried why is my nose broken if you don’t believe in violence?