Lyrics The Fiery Furnaces

The Fiery Furnaces

Paw Paw Tree

At last when the choice was neither nor,

Bottom of the bay we're set ashore.

Went into town beg what we lack:

200 stripes on horseback.

Wearing my yellow coat,

Rope tied around my throat:

Great green wax candle unlit;

Silence! And then the sentence spit.

I'm sitting up in my paw paw tree

Wait they make mango mush outta me.

Pick axe I can't stay

Silver mines all day.

Cut down the weedwood

And think that I just could.

I'm sitting up in my paw paw tree

Wait they make mango mush outta me.

Tied down with brown twine

Up past the tree line

Up by I hope where

The King of Spain don't care.

I'm sitting up in my paw paw tree

Wait they make mango mush outta me.