"Birthday" lyrics

"Birthday"
(originally by The Sugarcubes)

She lives in this house over there
Has her world outside it
Scrapples in the Earth with her fingers and her mouth
She's five years old

Thread worms on a string
Keeps spiders in her pocket
Collects fly wings in a jar
Scrubs horse flies
And pinches them on a line
Oh

She has one friend, he lives next door
They're listening to the weather
He knows how many freckles she's got
She scratches his beard

She's painting huge books
And glues them together
They saw a big raven
It glided down the sky
She touched it
Oh

Today is a birthday
They're smoking cigars
He's got a chain of flowers
And sows a bird in her knickers
Oh

They're smoking cigars
They lie in the bathtub
A chain of ... flowers


album: "The Bedlam In Goliath" (2008)
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath album cover
Birthday
(Japanese Bonus Track)
Candy And A Currant Bun
(UK/AUS/NZ Bonus Track)
Pulled To Bits
(Best Buy Bonus Track)
Memories
(Japanese & iTunes Bonus Track)
Things Behind The Sun
(Japanese & iTunes Bonus Track)
Mr. Muggs
(Instrumental)
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