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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Silkworm
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COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tim Midyett, Andrew Cohen, Michael Dahlquist, Joel R.L. Phelps
Tim Midyett, Andrew Cohen, Michael Dahlquist, Joel R.L. Phelps
Composer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Couldn't you wait for some time to elapse?
Check it before the trap was set
And it collapsed like a big net grass
Green rug screen wait
Did you test the water with a big toe dip?
Don't put all your trust in that triple-timing bitch
Could you elaborate on you tempt fate?
Couldn't you wait?
[Verse 2]
Couldn't you wait to go on your foggy trips?
You were in the corner doing back flips
I saw sweat on the wheelchair grips slip
Couldn't you wait?
You never cooked up your medicine then
Said the aspirin made your thick blood thin
Every dinner was a Capricorn, a crown of thorns
Couldn't you wait?
[Verse 3]
Yeah, couldn't you wait?
You were funny to a fault
Went too heavy on the salt
Can you stand up straight
While I illuminate a few of your flaws?
I thought you said you would never get your teeth capped
How would you like to get your face slapped?
Did it hurt to take the time
To make the new girl happy as a clam?
In a pair of tight 501's
Is your fresh-faced neighbor any fun at all?
And do you still go off?
Like a gun that's gotten stuck on stun
That's permanently stalled
[Verse 4]
Do you still think you're God?
Is your first day on the job even over yet?
Is the summertime in Heaven grand?
Is it fifty-nine past the eleven hand?
[Verse 5]
Oh, couldn't you wait for the midnight train at least?
All these straight girls are insane
The taste of trouble's in my mouth
It's like a candy cane
Couldn't you wait until the thought had passed?
That our love would never last
How could you devastate?
Someone you claim not to hate
And couldn't you have waited?
Couldn't you have waited?
Couldn't you have waited?
Couldn't you wait?
Written by: Tim Midyett, Andrew Cohen, Michael Dahlquist, Joel R.L. Phelps

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