Part OneF Bb F C Bb When you were young you were the king of carrot flowersF Bb F C Bb And how you built a tower tumbling through the treesC Bb In holy rattlesnakes that fell all around your feetF Bb F C BbF Bb F C Bb And your mom would stick a fork right into daddy's shoulderF Bb F C Bb And your dad would throw the garbage all across the floorC Bb As we would lay and learn what each other's bodies were forF Bb F C BbF Bb F C Bb And this is the room one afternoon I knew I could love youF Bb F C Bb And from above you how I sank into your soulC Bb Into that secret place where no one dares to goF Bb F C BbF Bb F C Bb And your mom would drink until she was no longer speakingF Bb F C Bb And dad would dream of all the different ways to dieC Bb Each one a little more than he could dare to try Part Two [Riff]E|-----1-----------| B|-------1-------1-| G|---2---------2---| D|-3---------3-----|[Riff] I love you Jesus Christ Jesus Christ I love youC Yes I doF I love you Jesus Christ Jesus Christ I love youC Yes I do And on the lazy days The dogs dissolve and drain away The world it goes And all awaitsF The day we are awaiting Part ThreeF All I know We go through the weight and undertowC I will float until I learn how to swimF Inside my mother in a garbage binC Until I find myself againBb Again, oh All I know We go mouths open wide and spit in stuff I will spit until I learn how to speak Up through the doorway as the sideboards creak With them ever proclaiming me, me, oh All I know We go the way the steps fell down and I don't know I will shout until they know what I mean I mean the marriage of a dead dog sing And a synthetic flying machine, machine, oh
The King of Carrot Flowers (Part I, II & III)
Neutral Milk Hotel
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