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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Shins
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
James Mercer
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
James Mercer
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Gold teeth and a curse for this town were all in my mouth
Only, I don't know how they got out, dear
Turn me back into the pet I was when we met
I was happier then with no mind-set
[Chorus]
And if you took to me like
A gull takes to the wind
Well, I'd have jumped from my tree
And I'd a danced like the king of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would have fared well
[Verse 2]
New slang when you notice the stripes, the dirt in your fries
Hope it's right when you die old and bony
Dawn breaks like a bull through the hall
Never should have called
But my head's to the wall and I'm lonely
[Chorus]
And if you took to me like
A gull takes to the wind
Well, I'd a jumped from my tree
And I'd a danced like the king of the eyesores
The rest of our lives would 'a fared well
[Verse 3]
God speed all the bakers at dawn may they all cut their thumbs
And bleed into their buns till they melt away
I'm looking in on the good life I might be doomed never to find
Without a trust or flaming fields am I too dumb to refine?
[Chorus]
And if you took to me like
Well I'd a danced like the queen of the eyesores
The rest of our lives would 'a fared well
Written by: The Shins, James Mercer