Lyrics Kelly Joe Phelps

Kelly Joe Phelps

Taylor John

Taylor had a wife, she was married to the mirror

Make her glass-eyed lover buy a drink and then another round

'Round the kitchen table lined with cigarettes from years ago

Last night one fell onto the floor, yeah, to the floor, yeah, to the floor

Taylor used to marvel at the way the music sounded

She drifted down the carpet-bag to put another lamp shade on

There she was so young and pretty holding out her hand

To the last five years that livin' took away, away, hey, yeah, hey, yeah

It's a scavenger hunt in the best of times

A one-armed man with a box of dimes

Throw the stick and let the bulldog roll

Yeah, throw the stick and let the bulldog roll

Taylor's 37 yesterday and she'll be 21

An asphalt rhododendron where she fell across the car

Pocketbook explodin' with the money of delusion

Winks her smokin' yellowed eyes and rolls snakes along the floor

Hey, hey, hmm, yeah, along the floor

It's a scavenger hunt in the best of times

A one-armed man with a box of dimes

Throw the stick and let the bulldog roll

Throw the stick and let the bulldog roll, yeah

Partin' like tomorrow is a vestibule of commerce

"No regret", says I, says she, "Waltzin' to the ice machine"

Where another hotel key has left a scar upon the soul

Her feet are nimble still when she wants she can go

Hey, yeah, she can go, hey, hey, yes, she can go

It's a scavenger hunt in the best of times

A one-armed man with a box of dimes

Throw the stick and let the bulldog roll

Throw the stick and let the bulldog roll, oh, yeah, oh, yeah

Come all you little sailors with a penchant for the sea

Look way down below for Taylor John he wants to be like me

Drownin' in the water, got his collar turned up cool

Tries to breathe now like a wretched stain and floats like a fool

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

Scavenger hunt in the best of times

A one-armed man with a box of dimes

Throw the stick and let the bulldog roll

Throw the stick and let the bulldog roll, yeah

Throw the stick and let the bulldog roll

Getting throw the stick and let the bulldog roll

Throw the stick and let the bulldog roll, yeah

Throw the stick and let the bulldog roll

Throw the stick and let the bulldog

Throw the stick and let the bulldog roll, yeah

I'll throw the stick and let the bulldog roll

Throw the stick and let the bulldog roll