Swansea - Joanna Newsom
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Swansea Lyrics
If you wanna come on down
Down with your bones so white
And watch while the freight trains pound
Into the wild wild nightHow I would love to gnaw
Gnaw on your bones so white
And watch as the freight trains paw
Paw at the wild wild nightAll these ghost towns
Wreathed in old loam
Assateague knee-
Deep in seafoam
Ho, swansea!
Buttonwillow!
Lagunitas!
Ho, calico!And all these beastly bungalows
Stare distend like endless toads
Endlessly hop down the road
Borne by wind we southward blowAnd yonder, wild and blue
The wild blue yonder looms
'Til we are wracked with rheum
By roads, by songs entombedAnd all we wanna do
Is chew and chew and chewDear one
Drive onWhen all we wanna do
Is chew and chew and chewAnd if you wanna come on down
Down with your bones so white
And watch the freight trains pound
Into the wild wild nightHow I would love to gnaw
To gnaw on your bones so-o white
And watch while the freight trains paw
Paw at the wild wild nightPaw at the wild wild night
Paw at the wild wild night