Straw Into Gold

When you got home from work, you just lay on your bed

Went through your papers, some things don't make sense

Gotta be solid to hold sway, unsoldered to win the day

You're a soldier it's okay, tell yourself it's okay

Spinnin' straw into gold

Straw into gold, straw into gold

Well, the maritime pines, four sails on the horizon

The closing down place I almost bought the mandolin

Voluminous squid and the knife wielding fishermen

Stationary shop, mandarin trees laden

Spinnin' straw into gold

Straw into gold, straw into gold

That's rich comin' from you, he said

You're impossible in his long oil-skin coat

I said you're no picnic neither

No, you're no picnic neither

But the din here is loudening

And I don't believe it

The banks have all broken

We've gotta cash all our chips in

Freddy gave us his advice

Slingin' spirits, two cubes of ice

He says we're lumps of molasses

Singin' out our asses

Spinnin' straw into gold

Straw into gold, straw into gold

Gold, straw into gold

And I got all I need

Wild animals got you

There's nothing more I'd like

Than to have you in the room

But the din here is loudening

And I don't believe it

Strings behind everything

And it's just a matter of learnin'

Spinnin' straw into gold

Straw into gold, straw into gold

Gold, straw into gold

Gold, straw into gold