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The Tooth
Tom McGuire & The Brassholes
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Tie the tooth onto the string and to the door
I can't have it in my mouth no more
Grit 'em good and slam it closed
My face is rushing to meet the floor
Lost some days there, what a terrible shame
The kind of loss I can no longer sustain
I'll burn the bridges from end to other end
She will never be as small as this again
Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do
Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do
Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do
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Oh my goodness what a terrible fright
My teeth fell out in my sleep last night
They're all echoes of the princess's reign
I swore I'd never let this happen again
And yet
It's just a splinter I am loath to protest
Death by a million skelfs is still death
Scoundrels and spacemen wasting too much of my breath
I had air to spare but I don't have any left for you
Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do
Sure as 1+1+1 is 2
Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do
Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do
I worked myself to the bone for you
I tried to help you the best I could
BUT I FAILED!
My mother crying on the bedroom floor
And I am only but twelve years old
There is crystalised in me a role
The lead setting in the mould
Scoundrel, Spaceman and the Princess of Pain
Each one distinct yet one and the same
Under my wing it burns again and again
Because I can't reach into the past and soothe my mother's pain
Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do
I'll work myself to the bone for you
I will guide you the way I know I should
I WON'T FAIL!
This time it's my job
Tie it to the tooth, tie it to the door
Tie it to the tooth, tie it to the door
Tie it to the tooth, tie it to the door
Grit em good and slam it closed
Tie it to the tooth, tie it to the door
Tie it to the tooth, tie it to the door
Tie it to the tooth, tie it to the door
Grit em good and slam it closed
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