by Vic Chesnutt on album Skitter On Take-Off

Anything we should know about your change? We were strolling hand in hand We were going to see the man We were laughing at dapper Dan We were happy as giant clams But Calamity Jane ruined ever

by Vic Chesnutt on album Miscellaneous

I can see my old hotel Down amongst the smells I'm up above that ancient city river It's filtered by my lousy liver It's filtered by my wilted lily liver I can see my old hotel It ain't even a hotel

by Vic Chesnutt on album The Salesman And Bernadette

I was shaking with laughter Scared the bratty children Did I destroy the ambiance I'm sure for that hoity toity patron It wasn't pretty when I looked into the face Oops, into the eyes, ruptured

by Vic Chesnutt on album Miscellaneous

Dogs are barking, birds are chirping The only thing better if I was squirting But there's no one here to love on me today For the maiden's on holiday For the maiden's on holiday I'm a sorry, sorry k

by Vic Chesnutt on album Miscellaneous

Betty lonely, lives in a duplex of stucco On the north bank of a brackish river Her ears omit the noise from a nearby airstrip Her mind floats beyond the snapper boats Betty lonely, her green eyes ar

by Vic Chesnutt on album Miscellaneous

Cross my heart and cross my eyes Stick a needle in my thigh Drop kick my unscrewed lid And fiddle fiddle fiddle fiddle fiddle with what's inside A rusty mass of machinations Still I'm vying for the r

by Vic Chesnutt on album Miscellaneous

Where were you two years ago When I was locked out there at the barn When some certain Athens sacred monster Was doing me in with charm? We could've been chatting heart to heart On that front porch w

by Vic Chesnutt on album Miscellaneous

Ventolin and Vivarin and primatene Secret tequila shots and a patch of morphine In the morning and in the throes What a great day to come out of a coma I've been in the hot seat sweating it out Oh, s

by Vic Chesnutt on album Miscellaneous

Super Tuesday, on the ball Super Tuesday I am out on a stroll Super Tuesday, I'm in control Oh, super Tuesday I'm out on a stroll Oh I am out on a stroll Super Tuesday, I'm in the door Super Tuesday

by Vic Chesnutt on album Miscellaneous

Bourgeois and biblical Hanging on nails Mad metallic icons The old cyclone still compels Your hoity haiku lip curls The onion papers drain Constantinople Misty recollections Cold outdoor acoustics Pin

by Vic Chesnutt on album Skitter On Take-Off

Wrinkled russian newspaper on the wall Streaks of purple bruises on your arm Long stemmed roses as a row Lock of auburn hair in an envelope Cat calls and wolf whistles Cat calls and wolf whistl

by Vic Chesnutt on album Miscellaneous

A funny pilgrim on a crazy crusade A saucy chaucer, a sorry chapter mislaid Whittled with an exacto knife Plum right through my load bearing wall I'm horrified now that I could do such a thing But I

by Vic Chesnutt on album Miscellaneous

Rave and rant in yer old Foster Grants I can see my billowy reflection You're a giant You're a giant A little late night caching A tender moving soul shake With all light diffused You'll wake up butc

by Vic Chesnutt on album Miscellaneous

Knowing what I know now I should've had a cow I didn't realize You were to be despised I must have been One of history's stupidest men Everything was perfect in my head Until the led started hitting

by Vic Chesnutt on album Miscellaneous

Michelle loves Willie, our little Sarah Daughters of the American Revolution Stryper loves Jesus and I love a girl Against my better judgment 'cause I feel like a squirrel My roommates got married an

by Vic Chesnutt on album Miscellaneous

New town reeks of lumber New town beat the crowds New town, kittens discover That the birds scrape the ground And even the loneliest old ladies get social calls Where they dine and talk about their s

by Vic Chesnutt on album The Salesman And Bernadette

We will remain ignorant Incapable of knowing Insoluble is the problem Curiosity, sleeping Killed the caterpillar Curiosity, empty Is a blanket over the head

by Vic Chesnutt on album Miscellaneous

Take a light bulb from the closet And replace the one above the faucet Scrape the whisker from my face Nick my lip in pointless haste Take a magical marker black Darken a spot on the map Of a county

by Vic Chesnutt on album Miscellaneous

Sitting in the breakfast nook Flipping through a saucy book Browsing for a bit of titillation (That's what you do, that's what you do) Morning is warming On your mouth Last days of direct sunlight

by Vic Chesnutt on album Miscellaneous

After the splice When the temperature's nice After the patch When every thing's a match After the patch After the edit When it's had time to set When it's smooth Then it's time to move When it is smo