Modest Mouse - Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks

I Came As A Rat (Long Walk Off A Short Dock)

Well, I ain't sure, but I've been told
He's baking cakes inside our souls
Stayed awake, took a nap
Got myself my bottles back

I'm breakin' them out on the street
Walkin' 'round in my own bare feet
I do not need you to tell me that I am not a cat

I caught a ride, we caught some air
He's never gonna cut his hair
It takes more time to make a fake
We night swam down in the lake
And washed the dirt off our intentions
Prattled on 'bout bad inventions

I came as ice, I came as a whore
I came as advice that came too short
I came as gold, I came as crap
I came clean and I came as a rat

It takes a long time, but God dies, too
But not before he'll stick it to you
Well, I don't know, but I've been told
You'll never die and you'll never grow old

Huh-uh-yo
Huh-uh-yo
Huh-uh-yo
Huh-uh, huh-uh, huh-uh, huh-uh

Huh-uh-yo
Huh-uh-yo
Huh-uh-yo
Huh-uh, huh-uh, huh-uh, huh-uh

I came as a call, I came as flat
I came too soon, so I came back
I came as flowers, I came as nice
I came as dirt and I came as its price

It takes a long time, but God dies, too
But not before he'll stick it to you
Well, I don't know, but I've been told
You'll never die and you'll never grow old

Huh-uh-yo
Huh-uh-yo
Huh-uh-yo
Huh-uh, huh-uh, huh-uh, huh-uh

Huh-uh-yo
Huh-uh-yo
Huh-uh-yo
Huh-uh, huh-uh, huh-uh, huh-uh



Credits
Writer(s): Isaac Brock, Eric Judy, Jeremiah Green
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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Other Album Tracks

  1. Willful Suspension Of Disbelief
  2. Night On The Sun
  3. 3 Inch Horses, Two Faced Monsters
  4. You're The Good Things
  5. The Air
  6. So Much Beauty In Dirt
  7. Here It Comes
  8. I Came As A Rat (Long Walk Off A Short Dock)

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Altri album

  1. Good News For People Who Love Bad News: 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition
  2. The Golden Casket
  3. The Sun Hasn't Left
  4. Ice Cream Party
  5. Modest Mouse - The Early Years
  6. I'm Still Here
  7. Poison the Well
  8. Night on the Sun
  9. Strangers to Ourselves
  10. Of Course We Know

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