Down to This

Soul Coughing * Track #12 On Ruby Vroom

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Album Ruby Vroom

ALBUM

Soul Coughing

1994

Down to This by Soul Coughing

Performed by

Soul Coughing

Produced by

Tchad Blake

Writed by

Howlin’ Wolf & Mike Doughty & Sebastian Steinberg & Yuval Gabay & Mark Degliantoni & Toots Hibbert & Sam H. Stept & Charles Tobias & Lew Brown

About

The SCUG lyrics and info for “Ruby Vroom”

According to Mike Doughty concerning this song :

I had a job working at a club called The Knitting Factory as a doorperson. One night, zooted no doubt, I was selling tickets as another person checked names off the guest list, and I started chanting, “I got...

Down to This Lyrics

[Chorus]
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You come down to this
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You come down to this

[Verse 1]
Nerves are up and the eyes all screwy
Blood like a panful of boiling ratatouille
My muscles in a mess like a mess of spaghetti
Hack through the mess with a greased-up machete
Hang from the axles of a boxcar
Follow the dotted line
Like a steer to Chicago
But to the hooks of the Chicago man
And I said, well

[Chorus]
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You come down to this
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You come down to this

[Verse 2]
I get all tripped up, my eyes turn to water
Rug burns from a shag rug, struck dumb in the presence
Polyester burns from a jacket rub the skin thin
Break down in a diner, then I paid the bill, well

[Chorus]
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You come down to this

[Verse 3]
Cashier toothpick stuck in the ground
Tiny lawnmower to mow me down
I could get lost in a lunchbox
Lie low in the mittens in the lost and found

[Chorus]
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You come, mm, ah, oh
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You come down to this, I said
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You get the ankles, and I'll get the wrists
You come down to this

Down to This Q&A

Who wrote Down to This's ?

Down to This was written by Howlin’ Wolf & Mike Doughty & Sebastian Steinberg & Yuval Gabay & Mark Degliantoni & Toots Hibbert & Sam H. Stept & Charles Tobias & Lew Brown.