Apr 8, 2020

Josh Ritter • "To the Dogs or Whoever" • 2008


Deep in the belly of a whale I found her
Down with the deep blue jail around her
Running her hands through the ribs of the dark
Florence and Calamity and Joan of Arc

I love the way she looks in her underwear
I lose my page then the book then the plot then I swear
She makes the most of her time by loving me plenty
She knows there'll come a day when we won't be getting any

The stain of the sepia the butcher Crimea
Through the wreck of a brass band I thought I could see her
In a cakewalk she came through the dead and the lame
Just another bird floating on a hurricane

I was flat on my back, my feet in the thorns
I was in between the apples and the chloroform
She came to me often, I was sure I was dying
It was always hard to tell if she was laughing or crying

I thought I heard somebody calling
In the dark I thought I heard somebody call

Joan never cared about the in-betweens
Combed her hair with a blade did the Maid of Orleans
Said Christ walked on water, we can wade through the war
You don't need to tell me who the fire is for

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    I lose my page then the book then the plot then I swear
    She makes the most of her time by loving me plenty
    She knows there'll come a day when we won't be getting any

    The stain of the sepia the butcher Crimea
    Through the wreck of a brass band I thought I could see her
    In a cakewalk she came through the dead and the lame
    Just another bird floating on a hurricane

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