Widow City
The Fiery Furnaces
Antioch agent wrote a letter per usual
Dated it's 100 degrees perpetual,
Sent via the swift dromedary traversing her ways
On the odd and even days.
It said the lion's come up from his thicket
And they've managed to void, "My lottery ticket.
Drunk on wormwood in Widow City,
Widow City's drunk on wormwood.
Tomorrow night when the sun sets at nine
I might need tangle myself with the
degenerate plant of a strange little vine.
And foxes on the mountain, girls!
There're foxes on the mountain, girls.
So to negotiate the deserts and pits
You can't rely on your dim wits."
Wag your head and clean your clocks;
Ready for the rendezvous with the sticks and the stocks.
Taught the wicked ones the ways,
said what was sent via the swift dromedary
traversing on the odd and even days.
Drunk on wormwood in Widow City,
Widow City's drunk on wormwood.
Tomorrow night when the sun sets at nine
I might need tangle myself with the
degenerate plant of a strange little vine.
They've made my chain even heavier--if you can imagine.
Share
More from The Fiery Furnaces
Pricked in the Heart
The Fiery Furnaces
Cabaret of the Seven Devils
The Fiery Furnaces
Wicker Whatnots
The Fiery Furnaces
Restorative Beer
The Fiery Furnaces
Right By Conquest
The Fiery Furnaces
Uncle Charlie
The Fiery Furnaces
Navy Nurse
The Fiery Furnaces
The Old Hag Is Sleeping
The Fiery Furnaces
My Egyptian Grammar
The Fiery Furnaces
Clear Signal from Cairo
The Fiery Furnaces
Ex-Guru
The Fiery Furnaces
Automatic Husband
The Fiery Furnaces
Duplexes of the Dead
The Fiery Furnaces
The Philadelphia Grand Jury
The Fiery Furnaces
Japanese Slippers
The Fiery Furnaces
Sing for Me
The Fiery Furnaces
Waiting to Know You
The Fiery Furnaces
Duffer St. George
The Fiery Furnaces
Nevers!
The Fiery Furnaces
Whistle Rhapsody?
The Fiery Furnaces