String of Pearls

Lyrics

She swings the string of pearls on the corner
 The street lights reflects the light in the water
 The string it snaps and the pearls go sailing
 And they splash and bounce and roll 'cross the wet street
 As she bends to chase the pearls, a car swings 'round the corner
 She darts from the eyes of the panics truck driver
 Who's racing to the delivery room
 'Cause in the back seat his wife is busting out of her womb
 And the sack breaks and outcome The Siamese Twins
 Who grow up to become
 The first president with two heads
 Are better than one
 He puts his heads in his hands
 Says I got to put my heads together
 I can become the best president ever
 And not just president, fend for yourself
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 Signs his name, takes the blame
 For all of the names with no shame
 In their beliefs, they adjourn and they leave and in walks a man
 With a broom and a knife and blood on his hands
 And he sweeps everything under the rug
 And goes home to his kids and gives them a hug
 But his wife was not there, she had just left a letter that said
 You'd be much better off without me
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 Now his wife took the train to her ex-lover's funeral
 Who died in the bathroom, hit his head on a urinal
 When they got together, the knowledge was carnal
 And the widow was at the funeral and they had quite a cat fight
 And they fell into the hole where the casket was resting
 And the preacher just left in the middle of the service
 'Cause death was one thing but women made him nervous
 And he ran to his car and he drove 'round the corner
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 Then something in the street caught the light in his eye
 He pulled over, reached down and picked up a pearl from the gutter
 And he didn't know what to think
 And he brought it home and washed it in the sink
 And he gave the pearl to Sister Mary Teresa
 Who could not accept it so she gave it to Lisa
 A young prostitute who was missing a pearl
 On the necklace that broke late last night
 

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Song Details

Duration
04:55
Key
9
Tempo
106 BPM

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