These Few Presidents Lyrics

[Verse 1]
At your house the smell of our still living human bodies and oven gas
You pray to nothing out loud
Two first names and an ampersand
Embroidered proudly on a kitchen towel

You're a beautiful and violent word
With a skinny neck of a chinese bird
In a fading ancient painting

And if you're in heaven waiting
You made it there fighting
The tightest kite string
In a bad storm with lightning


[Chorus]
And now these few presidents
Frowning in my pocket

Can persuade no god
To let me let you talk, oh
These few presidents
Frowning in my pocket
Can persuade no god
To let me let you off

[Post-Chorus]
Even though I haven't seen you in years
Yours is a funeral I'd fly to from anywhere
[Verse 2]
I thought I had a pebble in my sock
I pulled it off and shook out a wasp
It stumbled out lost, and without a pause
Unstung as I was, still I stomped it

I thought, there is no paved street worthy
Of your perfect Scandanavian feet (wow, wow, wow, wow)
My crooked chinese fingers groped
The machinery of your throat


[Chorus]
And now these few presidents
Frowning in my pocket
Can persuade no god
To let me let you talk, oh
These few presidents
Drowning in my pocket
Can persuade no god
To let me let you off

[Post-Chorus]
Even though I haven't seen you in years
Yours is a funeral I'd fly to from anywhere

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“These Few Presidents” is a song about the anxiety associated with not seeing a loved one in a long time. However, it is generally more uplifting than others on Alopecia.

The song is generally upbeat and optimistic, with buoyant groove, as Yoni croons over toy-pianos.

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Release Date
March 11, 2008
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