Music Monday #1

(In order to liven the place up a bit, I’ve decided to start a recurring theme, Music Monday. Every other Monday, I’ll post a song and lyrics– where applicable– for everyone to enjoy.)



Seamstress – Dessa


I kept an angel

In a box beneath my bed

Little beast had broke her jaw

And I tried to fix her head

They said I had to put her back

That I had to put her back exactly where I found her

But I know I saw

That she was doing good, till the cat got her


And I came to write a letter

But my pen was full of hymns

I came to drown a sorrow

It seems they’ve learned to swim

Mouth full of pins and heart pumping gasoline

It’s late

I’m still at the sewing machine

Stitching up strays fifteen years

But this one’s mean

But I fixed you up

When they said you were past repair

And I stitched you up

I thread a needle with my hair

And I fixed you up

When you were still a common sparrow

But look whose on the shoulder now when the road goes narrow


I kept an angel

In a box beneath my bed

Little bitch had broke her jaw

And I tried to fix her head

They said I had to put her back

That I had to put her back exactly where I found her

But I know I saw

That she was doing good, until the cat got her


Well I’m putting you out of my misery

We ain’t got much but we’ve got history

It was a mercy kill

No

It was a suicide

No

It was an accident

No

Well at least I tried


Wait soft drugs and seam ripper

Tough love and tape measure

Stitching up boys is different that way

You fix a bird you buy it a cage

You fix a man

You fix a man, and he flies away


When I ran out of thread

I couldn’t let go

But that’s not sewing

That’s, that’s just poking holes

And it’s a strange breed

A different kind of creature

That looks for love through the eye of a needle

But the creed of the seamstress is

That you’re pretty in pieces


I kept an angel

In a box beneath my bed

Little beast had broke her jaw

And I tried to fix her head

They said I had to put her back

That I had to put her back exactly where I found her

But I know I saw

She was doing good, until the cat got her


Take a seat and let me get a look at your face

Busted, back’s been broke for days

Not much, little something for the pain

Don’t fuss, or we’ll never get a seam to lay straight

And I keep it clean as I can adjust

Adjust the machine in a mattress plus

I never did need for a pattern

Just some good restraints and my bedside manner


When I ran out of thread, I couldn’t let go

But that’s not sewing, that’s, that’s just poking holes

When I ran out of thread, I couldn’t let go

But that’s not sewing, that’s, that’s just poking holes

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Published on May 05, 2014 16:30
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