The Mending of the Gown - Sunset Rubdown, Spencer Krug

He made an enemy, then

He made an enemy of all of you

It’s him, not you

You never heard it from me

But there’s a breach in the hull

Where the truth and the water’s too deep to prove

He made an enemy, then

He made an enemy of all of you

It’s him, not you

It’s a little red sea- let the miracle worker go free

See the paddle go up and the paddle go down

And the paddle go up and the paddle go down

And the paddle go up and the paddle go down

And the man falls in the sea

He was a man of many nations

Had a hundred souls and a hundred to go

He was a man of many nations

Two hearts, two hands, it’s a slippery slope

He had a fear of being naked

But you’re any other man in another man’s clothes

He was a man of many nations

With revelations, oh, revelations

He wrote a book about the Bible

And he wrote a book about men in the sky

He wrote a book about the smell of winter

Then two, a little less simple to decipher

Saying, «I am the water at the foot of the palms

Oh, I’m sand and wind and a shitty mirage

But either way, I’m a man of many nations!»

Was it the mending of the gown

Or the running it around?

Was it the mending of the gown

Or the running and the running it around?

She had a name, she had a spirit

She had a line in the play, if you waited to hear it

But a master of disguises

Her demise was her design, they said

Was it the mending of the gown

Or the running, and the running, and the running it around?

She said, «My name and my spirit are both corrupt

And if you hold me close, you gotta hold me up»

It was the tender mending of this slender gown

That brought me bending to the ground

Now you’ll wear any old thing

Oh, you’ll wear any old thing

So she wrapped herself in swaddling

That the fever deviated to a broken wing

It’s an act, I think she’s just pretending

It’s an act, I think, she’s just pretending

If you burn the virgin flags, then I will shake (Shake!)

As the heat waves in the sand

This one’s for Maggie (This one’s for Maggie!)

This one’s for Sam (This one’s for Sam!)

This one’s for Maggie (This one’s for Maggie!)

This one’s for Sam (This one’s for Sam!)

Or any other random spirit lover busted

I have lusted after you

The way bloodsuckers do!

The way bloodsuckers do!

The way bloodsuckers do!

Was it the mending of the gown

Or the running it around?

Was it the mending of the gown

Or the running, and the running

And the running, and the running it around?

It was the tender mending of this slender gown

That brought me bending to the ground

But this ship was built to go down

See the paddle go up and the paddle go down!

And the paddle go up and the paddle go down!

And the paddle go up and the paddle go down!

And the paddle go up and the paddle go down!