Three Failed Escape Attempts of Sheila Nail by Joe Iconis (Ft. Emerson Mae Smith, Jasmine Forsberg, Kelly McIntyre, Lauren Marcus, Lena Skeele, Sydney Farley & Tatiana Wechsler)
Three Failed Escape Attempts of Sheila Nail by Joe Iconis (Ft. Emerson Mae Smith, Jasmine Forsberg, Kelly McIntyre, Lauren Marcus, Lena Skeele, Sydney Farley & Tatiana Wechsler)

Three Failed Escape Attempts of Sheila Nail

Joe Iconis & Tatiana Wechsler & Lena Skeele & Lauren Marcus & Jasmine Forsberg & Emerson Mae Smith & Sydney Farley & Kelly McIntyre * Track #5 On Love In Hate Nation (Original Cast Recording)

Download "Three Failed Escape Attempts of Sheila Nail"

Album Love In Hate Nation (Original Cast Recording)

Three Failed Escape Attempts of Sheila Nail by Joe Iconis (Ft. Emerson Mae Smith, Jasmine Forsberg, Kelly McIntyre, Lauren Marcus, Lena Skeele, Sydney Farley & Tatiana Wechsler)

Release Date
Thu Feb 11 2021
Performed by
Joe IconisTatiana Wechsler & Lena Skeele & Lauren Marcus & Jasmine Forsberg & Emerson Mae Smith & Sydney Farley & Kelly McIntyre
About

After encouragement from the other girls, Sheila tells Susannah the story of the three times she tried and failed to escape Nation.

Three Failed Escape Attempts of Sheila Nail Lyrics

[DOROTHY, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA, spoken]
Tell her about it, Sheila!

[SHEILA]
The first time I tried it it was late at night
I tied some bed sheets together tied ’em up real tight

Tied one end to a drainpipe
Threw the other out the window
Oh oh oh oh

Looked past the edge forty feet below
I threw my leg over, thought “here I go”

And started climbing down the side of the building
Side of the building
Climbing right down

[DOROTHY, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
Right down

[SHEILA]
Got looks from the squirrels in the trees and
Feelin’ the breeze across my night gown

[DOROTHY, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
Night gown

[SHEILA]
And I was a few feet from freedom
I was just a few feet from freedom
Then I heard a “stop right there, put your hands in the air”
And I knew that my plan was a fail

Well gettin’ caught is the worst
And that was only the first
Of the three failed escape attempts of Sheila Nail

[SHEILA, DOROTHY, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
Three failed escape attempts of Sheila Nail
Three failed escape attempts of Sheila Nail

[SHEILA (DOROTHY, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA)]
Second time I tried it was another day
(Hey)
There were bed sheets involved but in a different way
(Hey)

I hid inside the laundry bin
You would not believe the things I saw
Sha na na naw

Waited for hours, thought I was gonna get stuck
Then an orderly starts pushing me a-toward his truck

Which meant that we was headed out of the building
Out of the building
Heading right out

[DOROTHY, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
RIght out

[SHEILA]
I was covered in clothes, through a hole in some hose
I saw a light sprout

[DOROTHY, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
Saw a little light sprout

[SHEILA]
Knew I was a

[DOROTHY, KITTY, RAT, SHEILA, YA-YA]
Few feet from freedom

[SHEILA]
Really just a

[DOROTHY, KITTY, RAT, SHEILA, YA-YA]
Few feet from freedom

[SHEILA]
Then I heard the orderly shout
“Look, a foot’s stickin’ out!”
And he lifted off my veil

Oh yea the warden was beckoned
And so goes the second
Of the three failed escape attempts of Sheila Nail

Then after that I said forget the clever plan
I saw an opportunity and I just ran
Got as far as the highway, stuck out my thumb
A car slowed up and here the warden come

She called me a filthy malcontent
And, yeah

[DOROTHY, KITTY, RAT, SHEILA, YA-YA]
That was exactly how the third time went

[RAT, spoken]
And when they brought her back, she pulled a drainpipe down!

[DOROTHY, spoken]
Flooded the whole floor

[KITTY, spoken]
Screw you, Miss Asp!

[YA-YA, spoken]
So badass!

[SUSANNAH, spoken]
It's quite a story. Unbelievable, in fact

[SHEILA]
But that ain't really how it happened, it’s just what I say
Cuz I did get in the car and as it drove away

I thought of where I came from
I thought of where I’d go
Where'm I gonna sleep tonight?
I don’t know

I ain’t got no family, got no coin in my purse
Yeah life was bad at school
Life before it was worse

And I ain’t been a civilian since ‘53
And I’m sure the world has changed
Substantially

And Nation is scary
And so so unfair
But at least I have a purpose, I’m respected there

Hey driver, hey, driver, hey, I’m not of age
You best take me back, back, back, back to my cage

And back to Nation I went
Oh so embarrassingly
Of my own consent

Last time I tried it was a different affair
I tied some bed sheets together and I stood on a chair

Tied one end to a drain pipe and the other ‘round my neck
Aw heck

And without any prep
I took a step

And I could feel the air leave my body, air leave my body
It got real tight

I never cop to this type of shit, but I have to admit it didn’t feel right

I was just a few breaths from freedom
But it didn’t feel much like freedom

And then the drain pipe broke
And I let out a croak

And the water rained down on me

I don’t believe in signs, but I can read between the lines

So I guess this is where I’m supposed to be
(Hey hey)

[SHEILA]
And with the rain pouring down, inside of the building, pouring right down

[DOROTHY, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
Right down

[SHEILA]
I lit a hidden cigarette as I stood soaking wet
In my

[DOROTHY, KITTY, RAT, SHEILA, YA-YA]
Nightgown
Nightgown

[SHEILA]
Bars and cages defined my freedom
But now I make my own kind of freedom

Running away is a bore
So I don’t do that no more
I see a battle I fight
I’m my own shining white knight

I may be fucked in my head
But, hey, at least I ain’t dead
And babe, I’m gonna gonna gonna prevail

By now you oughta derived
That cuz I fought I survived
And the three failed escape attempts of Sheila Nail

[DOROTHY, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
Three failed escape attempts of Shelia Nail
Three failed escape attempts of Shelia Nail

[SHELIA (DOROTHY, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA)]
Freedom (freedom)
I lived to tell the tale
Of the three failed escape attempts of Sheila Nail (three failed escape attempts of Sheila Nail)

Three Failed Escape Attempts of Sheila Nail Q&A

Who wrote Three Failed Escape Attempts of Sheila Nail's ?

Three Failed Escape Attempts of Sheila Nail was written by Joe Iconis.

When did Joe Iconis release Three Failed Escape Attempts of Sheila Nail?

Joe Iconis released Three Failed Escape Attempts of Sheila Nail on Thu Feb 11 2021.

Your Gateway to High-Quality MP3, FLAC and Lyrics
DownloadMP3FLAC.com