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Timebomb

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Ken Bethea

Guitar

Murry Hammond

Bass Guitar

Philip Peeples

Drums

Rhett Miller

Vocals

Jon Rauhouse

Banjo

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Ken Bethea

Songwriter

Murry Hammond

Songwriter

Philip Peeples

Songwriter

Rhett Miller

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Wally Gagel

Producer

Lyrics

I got a timebomb, in my mind Mom

I hear it ticking but I don't know why

I call the police, but they don't like me

I hear 'em whispering when I walk by

I got a landmine in my bloodline

I'm not immune to getting blown apart

She's like a claymore, that's what she's there for

She's waiting 'round here to get blown apart, ahh-ahh

Having her on my brain's like getting hit by a train

She's gonna kill me, Oh Celeste, oh Celeste

Oh Celeste, oh Celeste, oh Celeste

I got a timebomb, in my mind Mom

It's gonna go off, but I don't know when

I need a doctor to extract her

I got a feeling she'd get right back in again, ahh-ahh-ooh

I got a timebomb, in my mind Mom

I got it badly for a stick-legged girl

She's gonna kill me, and I don't mean softly

I got it badly for a stick-legged girl ahh-ahh

Having her on my brain's like getting hit by a train

She's gonna kill me, oh Celeste, oh Celeste

Oh Celeste, oh Celeste, oh Celeste

Written by: Ken Bethea, Murry Hammond, Philip Peeples, Rhett Miller

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