Oh Woman

Band: Woodbox Gang VERSE 1 E G# You??re a woman that??s what you say A B I say you work in mysterious ways F#m B I??m on my knees every other day AE VERSE 2 I was born with shoes and a long sleeve shirt Straight into the barn where the hoof prints hurt But I was twelve years old before I said a dirty word VERSE 3 I drink my coffee straight from the tap No cream no sugar I take it black No bread no wine he can have it back VERSE 4 I was dreaming about the time I caught a nasty influenza My head was hot and melting causing mass hallucinations There were people on the ceiling screaming ??Lead in wrong directions?? VERSE 5 You??re a woman that??s what you say I say you work in mysterious ways I scream your name in vain they say VERSE 6 I was born with boots and a half hidden tail With a sprout of mistletoe peaking through the scales I was 21 before I spent the Sabbath in jail VERSE 7 I drink my Koolaid down like poison Raise my glass to all the other children With his blood we??ll meet our mothers in heaven VERSE 8 I was killing every brain cell with a cleaner for the kitchen In the hopes I??d be too blind to see the depth of my depression Somebody saved my life posed as a kitchen cleaner salesman VERSE 9 You??re a woman that??s what you say I say you work in mysterious ways One look at you and I??ve turned gray VERSE 10 I was born with cleats and a pocketknife I traded my cleats for a secondhand wife I traded true love for eternal life VERSE 11 I drink my whiskey straight from the source It blows my brain and it rips my voice But I??d drown in that river if I had the choice VERSE 12 I was killing every brain cell with a paper bag addiction The vapors of adhesion take away my dark condition I danced across the ceiling without shame or inhibition