Lyrics:Piece Of Dirt - Lucky Ball & Chain Medley
| Piece Of Dirt - Lucky Ball & Chain Medley |
| By: They Might Be Giants |
| Year: 1992 |
JF: You know a lot of people ask us if this guitar was just a prop. If you notice in the next song, I actually won't play this guitar because it actually is a prop. Piece of dirt That is all I'm standing on today Piece of dirt The whole world has slipped away I would climb the highest mountain Just to jump into a fountain Or to fly I'd fly away A woman's voice on the radio Can convince you you're in love A woman's voice on the telephone Can convince you you're alone But I set my sails so long ago They've revoked my sailor's badge Said I should be content and happy On this ink spot where I stand Piece of dirt That is all I'm standing on today Piece of dirt The whole world has slipped away I find myself haunted By a spooky man named Me I wish that I Could jump out of my skin I lost my lucky ball and chain Now she's four years gone Just five feet tall and sick of me And all my rattling on She threw away her baby-doll I held on to my pride But I was young and foolish then I feel old and foolish now Confidentially She never called me baby-doll Confidentially I never had much pride But now I rock a bar stool And I drink for two Just pondering this time bomb in my mind I lost my lucky ball and chain Now she's four years gone Just five feet tall and sick of me And all my rattling on She walked away from a happy man I thought I was so cool I just stood there whistling "There goes the bride" as she walked out the door "There goes the bride" as she walked out the door I could shake my tiny fist And swear I wasn't wrong But what's the sense in arguing When you're all alone? Sure as you can't steer a train You can't change your fate And when she threw me off that day I knew I'd lost my home Confidentially I never told you of her charms Confidentially We never had a home But this railroad apartment Was the perfect place When she'd sit and hold me in her arms I lost my lucky ball and chain Now she's four years gone Just five feet tall and sick of me And all my rattling on She walked away from a happy man I thought I was so cool I just stood there whistling "There goes the bride" as she walked out the door "There goes the bride" as she walked out the door "There goes the bride" as she walked out the door "There goes the bride" as she walked out the door JL: Thanks a lot. |
