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Navy Nurse Paroles

The Fiery Furnaces

Album Widow City

Paroles de Navy Nurse

I got warnings from jealous friends;
Cases of borrowed clothes
And a vial of Dramamine from my mother.
And she said, “Forget what mom likes 'cause things have changed”;
Taught me how to make booze at home:
call it “Old Uncle Zeke” and drink it early next week.
Now, if there's anything I've had enough of it's today.
It's nice to go nautical when choosing a doormat.
Oh so nice to go nautical when choosing a doormat:
I trust my navy nurse smile will put them on their feet again;
I know my navy nurse smile will put them on their feet again.
Save a glacier name for my daughter
For when the snow turns red when the train pulls away.
Listen to them whisper:
(She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
(She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved).
So on a warm winter night—
On a worry-free winter night
(Still a woman who enjoys feminine props,
like a filmy sky crowded with filmy white clouds)
In parrot green and lemon yellow—
Appeared champagne's daughter
(Sitting in a blue lacquered chair
With wide gypsy stripes).
Now, if there's anything I've had enough of it's today.
For it seems no matter whether I weekend in Nice or Newark, But as there's no snakeroot anywhere on the vessel,
Or at any of the scheduled landings,
And certainly no leopard flower—
At least he's a first-class gold brick.
(She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
(She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved).)
Took the velvet-caped me (let me tell you) from the golden slope.
Riding the golden gulf weave,
Park this Florida houseboat
On the rocky coast so I can see.
Sit side by side beside myself me.
On a ninety inch sofa and matching loveseat,
Listen to them whisper:
If there's anything I've had enough of it's tonight