Song Description

track from sad girl's TWENTY YEARS cd

Lyrics

charlie chan

Let?s split queens and double down
Your army stranded on the ground
Your tiny hands so soft and clean
Your head thrown back like in a dream
You?re hey whatever I don?t mind
you?re slippin through the cracks of time
we walk the plank and pay the price
And hold on to our loaded dice

(chorus)
that?s our sacred soft shoe code
and that?s on further down the road
I pimp my faith and I bribe my pride
And love my enemy inside

The admiral leads his life of crime
And anarchy is bought on time
The shortstop for the special guard
Writes scripture on a greeting card
and what became of little bill
he took the gas and forged his will
and left his wife to old abdul
who loves a girl in istanbul

captain kidd and Charlie chan
Eat tacos up in old san fran
They wipe their chins and tend their wounds
And walk along the ocean dunes
Some gypsy named Arafat
trades arms down in tortilla flat
he checks the wind and writes it down
has one flat beer and blows through town

(chorus)
that?s our sacred soft shoe code
and that?s on further down the road
I pimp my faith and I bribe my pride
And love my enemy inside.

(bridge)
Life? is kinda rough on me
Love? there?s not enough for me
You? you?re kinda rough on me
The wind blows through
It?s nighttime too

The moanin ghost of eddie poe
Shoots ravens with a velvet bow
The woman that we met before
Draws hearts on the asylum door
Ferris wheels and shooting stars
And Cannibals in bumper cars
Rise up before their sacred god
And click their heels and slowly nod

A statue of the duke of kent
makes both his wives and lays there spent
he cleans his gun and wears a dress
And trades the content for success
My sister?s daughter has the look
she winks through tears writes a book
and reads it when she?s on the phone
to all those men who die alone

(chorus)
that?s our sacred soft shoe code
and that?s on further down the road
I pimp my faith and I bribe my pride
And love my enemy inside