The Wondersmith And His Sons-Astronautalis

[ti:The Wondersmith And His Sons] [ar:Astronautalis] [al:Pomegranate] [offset:0] [00:00.72]I am a soldier baby who works just like a slave [00:04.99]Sweating through the pain of digging his foxhole [00:07.50]That he know is just a grave [00:09.90]You trust me don't you baby you'd hand your life to me [00:14.80]Let's walk along the wire and watch the muzzles flash like lightning [00:18.19]Emmm ah smile safe crackers understand [00:22.13]Is rendering this steady hand obsolete [00:24.93] [00:27.09]You thought you caught my sleight of hand [00:32.03]But you could never understand no not me [00:36.54]Father was a charming man with much hidden up his sleeve [00:42.97]I wonder if this is what he planned [00:45.77]When he taught his tricks to me [00:47.53]The youngest was a clever boy cracking calculus by three [00:52.20]The eldest was impractical and obsessively clean [00:56.81]Then methere was [00:57.82]I was born a charming man with silver tongue pearl teeth [01:00.44]This's never how it's s'posed to end [01:02.12]We were promised all we'd dream [01:03.25]The envy of the everyman our family seemed complete [01:04.54]Our father was a charming man our mother a sirene [01:07.22]But now I'm on the run again this hotel's home to me [01:09.95]They found the other skeleton face down in the stream [01:12.02]The youngest was still tucked in bed [01:13.22]That way they thought he was asleep [01:14.89]They moved the mirror from his mouth [01:15.83]The fog that should remain was not to be seen [01:18.26]Not to be seen [01:20.44]I am the doctor darling who used to operate [01:26.30]But I couldn't stand the pain of healing [01:29.17]Only t'watch another woman waste away [01:30.97]You trust me don't you baby [01:33.86]Yeah you'd hand your life to me let's set this barn on fire [01:38.53]And watch the flames eat up the roof beams [01:41.42]A smile safe crackers understand is rendering this steady hand [01:45.72]Obsolete you thought I must have broken in [01:53.27]But there's no crime in coming in they hand me the key [01:58.17]Floating on the wind again on the tail of my quarry [02:04.05]On a woman weak for charming men who's holding what I need [02:09.04]She'll leave her window cracked for me [02:12.10]And I'll draft in like a breeze [02:13.86]My father was a charming man and I learned it all from he [02:18.67]The brothers born of wondersmith we started as a team [02:23.22]Like complimenting cogs and gears we built a head of steam [02:28.28]The tragic flaw of charming men is exactly as it seems [02:32.90]Too much grease can break down a machine [02:37.82]Pour another round on me pour another round on me [02:47.13]You know I'm good for it you know me [02:52.11]You know I'm good for it you know my family [02:57.38]I am a lover lady who sees just what you dream [03:02.55]I know you're going crazy living with him an' without me [03:07.35]You trust me don't you baby [03:09.61]Yeah you'd hand your life to me let's leave this life tonight [03:14.41]And race the sunrise down the highway [03:16.90]A smile safe crackers understand [03:19.78]Is rendering this steady hand obsolete [03:24.06]The charm and confidence of men [03:29.38]Can jam the bullets in your gun and stop heartbeats