soda and salt

Singer: james mcmurtry

mamma come runnin'

daddy come quick

i think i swallowed something

it's making me sick

i don't know what it is

but it isn't sitting well with me

don't you either one

try to tell me it's supposed to be

what i got cookin'

teacher come look

i think i'm on to something

that isn't in the book

i don't know what it is

but that doesn't mean it isn't true

when you write it in your paper

would you let me have some credit too

i'm having a time

trying to get it

don't want to let it

get to me

i'm gonna be fine

you can bet it

just don't try to show me nothin' i don't want to see

got my hands in my pockets

my head in the clouds

i haven't done nothin'

for cryin' out loud

i haven't done nothin'

you'd ever want to call a crime

before i get started

i get noticed in the nick o' time

i brush my teeth with soda and salt

if anything's missing

it isn't my fault

if anything's missing

i wish you'd look the other way

i don't want any trouble

so i guess i'll do just like you say

Lyric Context: soda and salt - james mcmurtry