[Intro]
(Okay, I'll do it slower)
[Verse 1]
Yeah, well the cold has a hard time finding me
Unlike some folks I know
Yeah all the men down in Union Square
Are worried about the snow
[Bridge 1]
’Cause when your pockets fill with dollar bills your heart forgets to eat
It's a wicked thing, it owns this street
[Verse 2]
So fix your boots or take me home says quick Monique the freak
Oh yeah, I need an easy dollar are you trick or are you treat
Oh, if she was six teeth younger lord and I had half a mind
You know I'd carry her away from that wicked thing outside
[Verse 3]
Oh well I saw a carried bundle
That had fingers eyes and toes
As a father of deception
I have never raised a soul
[Bridge 2]
Yeah it’s a purchase capture second hand and cherished more than gold
Yeah it's a shelter from the wicked thing that wanders in the night
[Verse 4]
Oh yeah so fix your boots or take me home says quick Monique the freak
Oh yeah I need an easy dollar are you trick or are you treat
Oh if she was six teeth younger lord and I had half a mind
You know I'd carry her away from that wicked thing outside
[Outro]
Oh, all the water on the dirty streets has all but turned to ice
Oh, to pave the road for wicked things that wander in the night
Shakey Graves released City in a Bottle (Live @ 2023) on Sat Jan 01 2011.