Graham Parker - Character Assa**ination lyrics

pre>doo doo etc Am She opens up and pulls you in, dabs a napkin on your chin Em She's like an ornament on a hood, does the mambo like a piece of wood Am Taking you under, taking you under, for the duration The creamy liquid of your heart the vital substance that was part Of every beat and rhythm that has come unglued and riven Taking you under, taking you under, beyond sensation Em How could you lose so many things your keys your car your diamond rings? Am The very things that gave you inspiration Em How could you get s**ed up like that how could you get so f**ed up Am And let her treat you like an aberration Em am It's a character, character a**a**ination The monkey's paw and the powdered tusks the chicken feet and the corn husk em The spanish fly and the ginseng root the snake oil and the lotus shoot am Ran out of magic, ran out of magic and stimulation How could you lose yourself like that? it seemed so pure and violent Until she hit you up for small change and devastation How could you allow yourself to rot? now you're vacant that's your lot Now you've got to stop this disintegration Like a character character a**a**ination Intro doo doos How could you drops so many balls? how could you blow so many calls? And take so many falls and still keep on tripping How could you miss so many shots? how could you write so many plots? And wind up with a book that's less than gripping You drop her hand like a dead leaf steal her heartbeat like a thief Crush the bones beneath her skin the marrow and the calcium Now you're under, now you're under investigation For a character, character a**a**ination Doo doos, fade /pre>