Fiery Furnaces - Borneo lyrics

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Fiery Furnaces - Borneo lyrics

I was so bored with my old life; I was so bored with decent odds My new roommate left her debit card: Some sort of test for me. It's too hard Try to run an errand. Nervous sweat I rush back home and if I win I'll give her half (I bet.) Online casinos in the Caymans; Legal disclaimer writ for layman's I moved back into New Canaan; Babysit my sister's kids; it's rainin' They fuss a bit while I put them to bed And grumpy, sitting on the couch, I get it in my head: Take Metro North. A silver candlestick To Aqueduct on LIRR Pick I was so bored with my new life I felt like I new all the odds I bet 'gainst myself I wouldn't wager My boyfriend's mother's mansion (nothing major) I stole the deed one night when she was drunk I drove onto the reservation with it in my trunk Sensors beep the threshold when I crossed it; Thirty thousand marker soon I lost it Baltimore inner harbor (sports) zone: Being courted. He's talking on his cell phone "let me tell you why I think I love her: She knows you always take the bye week dome home team to cover." Go up to Pimlico and I choose It's no fun if it's fine when you lose I was so tired with all the angles; I was so bored with losin' easy So I gambled on going further a-field So I flew to Sydney and then to Bali and then to Jakarta And called on my step-father's ex-business partner Major Timmy Sastrosatomo And he set me up as a silver smith/batik dabber In a house once owned by the Princes of Mataran And he told me all his trobles We bribed a CFO at Semen Cibinong To get them to buy a 40% stake And we got a 5 million dollar order from Nieman Marcus Which we filled about 10% of But I did sell them my children's book Which I said was a South Sumatran Folk tale- which went like this: I played cards for seven days straight Was up $47 dollars late Evening as the sun went down I saw The ace of diamonds up his sleeve - black velvet on his paw I fold, say goodbye politely They bark, you don't get off that lightly I dreamed of a casino way up in the hills of Borneo Where I lost with the giant flying squirrels and orange orangutans and great mormon bu*terflies all day long 'Til the bulldozers turned us into Whole Fruit Fruit Bar sticks and china markers