Listen to Fingernails by Joe Ely

Fingernails

Joe Ely

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Joe Ely

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MICHAEL BROVSKY

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Lyrics

I keep my fingernails long

So they click when I play the piano

I keep my fingernails long

So they click when I play the piano

I'm gonna keep 'em that way

Till the swallows get back from Texarkana

I keep my fingernails long

So they click when I play the piano

I keep my fingernails long

So they click when I play the piano

I'm gonna keep 'em that way

Till the swallows get back from Louisiana

Well, I used to chew 'em off

I was nervous over you

I missed that clickin', tickin' sound

Honey, what am I gonna do?

I keep my fingernails long

So they click when I play the piano

I keep my fingernails long

So they click when I play the piano

I'm gonna keep 'em that way

Till the swallows get back from Alabama

There he goes

Well, I used to chew 'em off

I was nervous over you

I missed that clickin', tickin' sound

Honey, what am I gonna do?

I keep my fingernails long

So they click when I play the piano

I keep my fingernails long

So they click when I play the piano

I'm gonna keep 'em that way

Till the swallows get back

Written by: Joe Ely

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