July, July!

Album: Castaways And Cutouts (2002)
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  • There is a road that meets the road
    That goes to my house
    And how it green grows there
    And we've got special boots
    To beat the path to my house
    And it's careful and it's careful when I'm there

    And I say your uncle was a crooked french Canadian
    And he was gut-shot runnin' gin
    And how his guts were all suspended in his fingers
    And how he held 'em
    How he held 'em held, 'em in

    And the water rolls down the drain, the water rolls down the drain,
    Oh what a lonely thing! in a lonely drain!

    July, July, July! never seemed so strange

    This is the story of the road that goes to my house
    And what ghosts there do remain
    And all the troughs that run the length and breadth of my house
    And the chickens how they rattle chicken chains

    And we'll remember this when we are old and ancient
    Though the specifics might be vague
    And I'll say your camisole was sprightly light magenta
    When in fact it was a nappy blueish grey

    And the water rolls down the drain
    The blood rolls down the drain
    Oh what a lonely thing
    In a blood red drain

    July, July, July! it never seemed so strange Writer/s: COLIN MELOY
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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