Olive Hearts-Bowerbirds

[ti:Olive Hearts] [ar:Bowerbirds] [al:Hymns For A Dark Horse] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Olive Hearts - Bowerbirds [00:05.42]With my toes dangling into the sea [00:13.48] [00:16.87]Into a fog into a lonely drink [00:26.66] [00:31.46]Don't lift me up [00:33.64] [00:34.65]I'm a wreck I know [00:39.58] [00:42.86]Still I've got miles to walk from the cape along the coast [00:54.62] [00:57.13]And we'll play helicopter in the sand [01:07.15] [01:09.46]And bite our thumbs at the acquaintances [01:21.60] [01:24.53]And make it known we're on par for the evening [01:35.53] [01:36.33]And take the butcher's knife through my words again [01:47.28] [01:50.29]Then in walk the mannered men [01:55.78] [01:57.05]With their smokescreen yes [02:02.11] [02:02.86]And the sequined girls [02:06.77] [02:07.47]With their skirts hemmed high [02:11.49] [02:13.47]And you will know from this [02:17.42] [02:18.69]That it's all to start [02:23.22] [02:25.01]Our glasses clink [02:29.21] [02:29.80]And our plastic swords stab our olive hearts [02:37.00] [02:48.10]All night like a friendly ghost [02:57.00] [02:59.59]We haunt the ins and outs of this house of our gracious host [03:12.23] [03:14.49]And give thanks but not much helps [03:23.89] [03:26.61]And so here is where we give the toast: [03:38.70] [03:42.56]Cheers to the wives of the drunks [03:50.01] [03:53.15]Cheers to the husbands that tag along for good luck [04:05.54] [04:07.81]Cheers to the miles it took to get here [04:17.65] [04:19.79]Cheers to the the nerve it takes to forget who we are [04:31.82] [04:33.76]Then in walk the mannered men [04:38.71] [04:40.34]With their smokescreen eyes [04:45.46] [04:46.14]And the sequined girls [04:51.23]With their skirts hemmed high [04:54.97] [04:56.87]And you will know from this [05:00.61] [05:01.88]That it's all to start [05:06.86] [05:08.16]Our glasses clink [05:11.74] [05:12.93]And our plastic swords stab our olive hearts