knuckles

i've been trying to get people to call me freddy knuckles

people keep calling me right said fred


and it's hard to keep trying when half your friends are dying
and it's hard to hold it steady when half your friends are dead already
we got taxmen coming around the back in the kevlar vests
militia men cooking up a batch of the crystal meth
we got wars going down in the middle west
we got wars going down in the middle western states
kevlar vests against the crystal flakes

i've been trying to get people to call me freddy mercury
but people keep calling me drop dead fred


it's hard to take it easy when half your friends are way too easy
it's hard to get ahead when half your friends are dead
we got taxmen coming around the back in the kevlar vests
we got militia men cooking up a batch of crystal meth
and we got wars going down in the middle west
we got wars going down in the middle western states
kevlar vests against the crystal flakes

his elbow was a spiderweb
with five spiders trapped inside
and he said: you know the last guy, i guess he didn't even have to die
but the first four looked so nice
i wanted five
the first four looked so nice...

i've been trying to get people to call me sunny d
cuz I got the good stuff that kids go for
people keep calling me five alive


cuz the last guy didn't really die
i just lied
and the first four didn't really die
i just lied
too many people getting stabbed
getting tangled up in crabs

i've been trying to get people to call me johnny rotten
but people keep calling me freddy fresh


and it's hard to take it easy when half your friends are looking way too easy
and it's hard to stay in bed when half your friends are dead
taxmen coming around the back in the kevlar vests
militia men cooking up a batch of crystal meth
we got wars going down in the middle west
we got wars going down in the middle western states
white crosses and wooden stakes

- the hold steady