you could waltz halfway across texas turn your pedal steel upside down sucker punch a fat policeman over in the rich part of town take your grandmother to the disco let her show you how to shimmy and shake won't none of it mean a goddamn thing until you sever the snake
my sister used to work for the fbi she was j edgar hoover's right hand man then she transferred over to the cia she used to show me all the secret plans we coulda brought down the government woulda been a piece of cake but she said samm don't you know you'd be better off to just go sever the snake
the cleaning lady came and dirtied up the house again the little hand fell off the clock the doctor came and took back all my medicine that came as quite a shock then this morning my woman took my banjo she threw it into the lake i guess the only thing left for me to do is go ahead and sever the snake
i've seen you walking your dog after midnite heard you thinking out loud honey i love that stuff that you spray in your hair you really stand out from the crowd so won't you come down south with me baby if you don't you know my heart's gonna break you and me could make sweet music together while we sever the snake
