50 pieces

you've been away for such a long

long time

gone from the brickyard

gone from the mine

all these unfamiliar places used to find your measured paces

now it's all arriving

now it's all just fine

i thought perhaps we could sit down for tea

nein

was the cold reply of frau ecstasy

sitting on a mossy stump

among all the bottles drunk

breathe cold against the air

oh i smell your ragweed hair

smoked to the bone

soaked to the bone i'm all alone

poor me

i thought perhaps we could sit down for tea

nein

was the cold reply of frau ecstasy

hey

who's that old man in the overalls

his cows lick the ice from off the stable walls

hey

who's that old man in the overalls

his cows licked the ice from off the stable walls