‘Witches’ is a downtempo track featuring clanging guitar lines that hold together the scattershot lyrics sung by Alan Sparhawk, with prominent backing vocals by Mimi Parker. The second & third verses are accompanied by a banjo strummed in the background.
You played the part of the one who was taken down by dogs
All I could think about was how a guy like me could fight them off
And when you finally submitted to embarrassing capture
Out of the corner of my eye I see my children in rapture
One night I got up and told my father there were witches in my room
He gave me a baseball bat and said here's what you do
When you have finally submitted to embarrassing capture
Take out that baseball bat and show those witches some pasture
All you guys out there tryin' to act like Al Green
All you guys out there tryin' to act like Al Green, you're all weak
Cause when you've finally submitted to embarrassing capture
All you guys out there gonna wish you were Al Green
Witches was written by Mimi Parker & Alan Sparhawk.
Witches was produced by Matt Beckley & Low.