culling of the fold

Singer:decemberists, the

cut him up

boy

you've got to cut him up

boy. he's a wicked disgrace

and he said it to your face

you better cut him up boy. take by the teeth

get him down on his knees

with your hands all shaking

that'll teach him how to take it

gotta cut him up

boy. ply her heart with gold and silver. take your sweetheart down to the river. dash her on the paving stones

it may break your heart to break her bones

but someone's got to do the culling. of the fold. cut him up

girl. really cut him up girl

he lives by himself

in a hole in a wall

you've got to cut him up

girl. you can take him in a stitch

dump his body in a ditch

leave his limbs all naked

that'll teach him how to take it

better cut him up girl. ply her heart with gold and silver. take your sweetheart down to the river. dash her on the paving stones

it may break your heart to break her bones

but someone's got to do the culling. of the fold. listen up boy

and listen up girl. it's a shallow little trench

and it's giving off a stench. it's a shallow little world. feeling down in the face

could you use a little space?

when the radio crackles

and the in-laws cackle. better cut him up boy

and cut him up

girl. ply her heart with gold and silver. take your sweetheart down to the river. dash her on the paving stones

it may break your heart to break her bones

but someone's got to do the culling. of the fold. oh

the culling. of the fold.