Wash Jones lyrics

Song information

Artist: Squirrel Nut Zippers
Album: Inevitable

Lyrics

I was talking to an oak tree
When the cypress butted in
Out of car parts a raven
Made a nest inside my skin
To understand me better
You all ought to follow me home
I make a wish, I clean the fish, lord!
That's why they call me wash jones

I can scream like the cicada
Gin the seed right out of the boll
Ride the train to memphis
Where there's cotton to be sold
To understand me better
You all ought to follow me home
I make a wish, I clean the fish, lord!

I feel like driving but my car won't run
I feel like plowing but my mules won't come

I was lost down in the bottom
I was cutting through the cane
Tied my team up
To a rusty trace chain
To understand me better
You all ought to follow me home
I make a wish, I clean the fish, lord!
That's why they call me wash jones

That's why they call me wash jones
That's why they call me wash jones
That's why they call me wash jones

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

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