Stumpside Lyrics

Stumpside lyrics

All that I have is this dull paring knife

Peeling potatoes for the rest of
my life.

Dirt floors make dust so I hope for the best.

I carry candies
with pains in my chest.



Face tied together with three-times-used
string.

Follow me see what I mean.



Fixing a fencepost or feeding a
cow,

Twopenny saltlick I never ask how.

Animals like me though folks
turn away,

I like the pigeons I like what they say.



We come alone
and leave alone and look the horse in the mouth.

We scratch the skin and
break the bone and see birds migrating south.



By the side of the stump
where she told us these things

If you hear a bell ring you get some
wings.

Don't bother looking for what I've neglected to bring.

By the
side of the stump where she told me these things

If you hear a bell ring
you get some wings.

She's fallen farther than feathers that float in the
wind.



I saw a wishing well down by the stream

I never understood
what wishes mean

Just ask for nothing you get what you get.

I asked for
something I've not got it yet.