Duplexes Of The Dead letra

I went on down to the duplexes of the dead
Where the shades are drawn and the shadow's shut
Unless you know the magic word, seldom said but often heard
Bite your lip then spin around three times

On our honeymoon, my husband sat still
With a look in his eyes and a pen in his left hand
He wrote on the varnish the magic word, seldom seen and never heard
He shushed me, then slumped backwards dead asleep

I went grumpy sitting in the sun by the umbrella stand
Making every single unreasonable demand
I covered my head and went to the office pool, I dipped in reverent a re-soled mule
And asked the chlorine fumes if there was something they wanted to bring up

The Fiery Furnaces - Letras

• 1917
• A Candymaker's Knife In My Handbag
• Asthma Attack
• Automatic Husband
• Benton Harbor Blues
• Birdie Brain
• Bitter Tea
• Black-hearted Boy
• Blueberry Boat
• Borneo
• Bow Wow
• Bright Blue Tie
• Cabaret Of The Seven Devils
• Charmaine Champagne
• Chief Inspector Blancheflower
• Chris Michaels
• Clear signal from cairo
• Cousin Chris
• Crystal Clear
• Cups & Punches
• Cut The Cake
• Does It Remind You Of When
• Don't Dance Her Down
• Drive To Dallas
• Duffer St. George
• Duplexes Of The Dead
• Even In The Rain
• Evergreen
• Ex-Guru
• Forty Eight Twenty Three Twenty Second Street
• Gale Blow
• Guns Under The Counter
• Here Comes The Summer
• I'm Going Away
• I'm Gonna Run
• I'm In No Mood
• In My Little Thatched Hut
• Inca Rag / Name Game
• Japanese Slippers
• Keep Me In The Dark
• Leaky Tunnel
• Lost At Sea
• Mason City
• My Dog Was Lost But Now He's Found
• My Egyptian Grammar
• Navy Nurse
• Nevers
• Oh Sweet Woods
• Paw Paw Tree
• Police Sweater Blood Vow
• Pricked In The Heart
• Quay Cur
• Ray Bouvier
• Rehearsing My Choir
• Restorative Beer
• Right By Conquest
• Rub-Alcohol Blues
• Seven Silver Curses
• Sing for Me
• Single Again
• Slavin' Away
• Smelling Cigarettes
• South Is Only A Home
• Spaniolated
• Staring At The Steeple
• Straight Street
• Sullivan's Social Slub
• Sweet Spots
• Take Me Round Again
• Teach Me Sweetheart
• The End Is Near
• The Garfield El
• The Old Hag Is Sleeping
• The Philadelphia Grand Jury
• The Vietnamese Telephone Ministry
• The Wayward Granddaughter
• Though Let's Be Fair
• Tropical Ice-Land
• Turning Round
• Two Fat Feet
• Up In The North
• Waiting to Know You
• We Got Back The Plague
• We Wrote Letters Everyday
• Whistle Rhapsody?
• Wicker Whatnots
• Widow City
• Wolf Notes
• Worry Worry