Jimmy Carter (Demo) Lyrics

Heirlooms in my bloodstream

Lullaby a bad dream

Bite the bullet with a scream

Toss the bandage in the stream

Things are rarely as they seem

Glowing, mama says I'm growing

Terror in my coding

And I hope I see the day

Down on bended knee, I pray

That there is a home to stay

Some days when my bones break

Oooooooh, oooooooooh

When they liquidate the family estate

Sink the drugs in the lake

Pay their dues to the state

So it is hard-earned

Like Jimmy Carter

When they auction off the paintings and stocks

But left the coffins unlocked

By the weeds and hemlock

Old like Harvard

Like Jimmy Carter

Rhododendron blossom

A little baby opossum

And I hear a distant drum

And I hear the bullfrogs hum

And I really wanna run

From the big gun, caught up in the humdrum

Dobro with the thumb strum

Kid where do you come from

I really feel so undone

Look at what your son done

Oooooooh, oooooooooh

When they liquidate the family estate

Sink the drugs in the lake

Pay their dues to the state

So it is hard-earned

Like Jimmy Carter

When they auction off the paintings and stocks

But left the coffins unlocked

By the weeds and hemlock

Old like Harvard

Like Jimmy Carter

When they cease to aspirate and the hour is late

Hook the fish with the bait

Whisper baby it's fate

Beg and barter

Like Jimmy Carter

When they consummate the bond of panic and fate

Lay baby lay

Lay your feet at the glade

Cut some starter

Jimmy Carter

When they liquidate the family estate

Sink the drugs in the lake

Pay their dues to the state

So it is hard-earned

Like Jimmy Carter