SERPENT CHARMER


There's a woman hater
With a broken record player
And a dusty compass beside that mapped the country's new behavior
Strange words and we all roll back into the river
With brave boys and the empty coats of men

There's a kitchen diner
Distractions and reminders
Look, a rolly-polly slowly crawling across your family china
Strange words and we all roll back into the river
Dead dogs only want to live again

There's a serpent charmer
With a pair of shoes in water
A speeding ticket you got leading that last lamb to slaughter
Strange words and we all roll back into the river
Where good girls come and kick you in the shin

There's a hopeful hunter
With a hapless sense of wonder
And a million clawmarks on the rock he hid his money under
Strange words and we all roll back into the river
And made men only want to live again
(close your eyes, you can too) [in reverse]