Iron & Wine - White Tooth Man lyrics

Said the plain clothes cop to the beauty queen "I've seen nothing but a spoke in the wheel." So she gave up her crown to a kid with a crutch And they both felt cheated after closing the deal When the white tooth man I ran with then Got all cut up from pissing out in the weeds And a fight upstate with a broken blade And a wife whose finger never wanted a ring Hey, hey, hey, ah Hey, hey, hey, ah Said the plain clothes cop to the Indian chief "I've made nothing but an honest mistake." And the postman cried while reading your mail And we all got trampled in the Christmas parade When the white tooth man who sold me the gun A map of Canaan and a government bond Said, "I love this town but it ain't the same." His ski mask ripped as he was putting it on Hey, hey, hey, ah Hey, hey, hey, ah Said the plain clothes cop to the holy ghost "I've heard nothing yet that wasn't the wind." And we all got sick on a strip club meal While the state house pardoned all the witches again So the white tooth man with his kids in the car And a wad of money that was already spent Said, "I love my dog but she just ran away And she'll keep running like the world never ends." Hey, hey, hey, ah Hey, hey, hey, ah