F, G, F, C
F
Sea water is flowing from the
G
Middle of my thighs
F
Wild buffalo are dancing on
G
Cliff tops in the skies
F
Adorn me in feathers
G
From dead birds and
Am
Contemplate the size of
Leather palettes to wind me in
Em G
Put shutters on my eyes
F
They'll cover the hills
G
With their sweet flesh
And soft nails
Am
They'll cover the doors
G
With their screens that
Their minds disposed
F, G, Am, G
F
Write it down, write it down,
G
Down the names and dates
Of the daughters
Am
Who pour out of me
C
Like grandmother's vines
F
They hang from the plates
And my eyes see their
G
Pretty long lashes and beards
F
Guarding the reign of me from them
Em
Heedless, trembling toes
G
Gathering rain
Am
In their sockets and creases and holes
F
They'll cover the hills
G
With their sweet flesh
And soft nails
Am
They'll cover the doors
G
With their screens that
Their minds disposed
F
They'll weave their own souls
G
Into the frame to grow their foliage in
F
They'll sew their own hands
G
Into their beds to keep them crawlers out
F
To keep them crawlers out
G
To keep them crawlers out
F
To keep them crawlers out
C
Keep them crawlers out
C
Keep them crawlers out