Emily Shore

Lyrics

Put away all the china, pull the furniture back from the door
take down everything hanging or slippery on the floor.

Sometimes when Jonah comes busting in
I just don’t know where to begin.

Watch his little boy goofy wiggle in his 6 foot frame
He tells me he got kicked out of class third time today
He says, “See mr. so-and-so he just don’t appreciate the arts”
then he shows me his latest sketch -
a puppy dog guts pulled out through its heart

That’s out of my jurisdiction young man,
you’re gonna have to call home.
He dials, I hear a woman screaming like a megaphone.

So we have this conversation for the 10th time today,
how when you look at something disgusting
you don’t say ‘oh that’s so gay’
But before I try anything i ready myself for defeat,
‘cause come 3 o’clock he’s headed back to Fillmore Street