Primitives Lyrics - Twenty Twenty - The Essential T Bone Burnett - Burnett T-bone

Primitives dress in feathers and masks 

To scare away their enemies 

The frightening thing is not dying 

The frightening thing is not living 

Scientists guess which is worse we will ask 

The medicine or the disease 

The frightening thing is not dying 

The frightening thing is not living 

There's an old man living on the edge of town, edge of town 

With a skull in his window and the shades pulled down, shades pulled down 

And he laughs at fortune and he laughs at fame, he laughs at fame 

And he laughs at scandal and he laughs at shame, he laughs at shame 

Primitives dress in feathers and masks 

To scare away their enemies 

The frightening thing is not dying 

The frightening thing is not living 

Scientists guess which is worse we will ask 

The medicine or the disease 

The frightening thing is not dying 

The frightening thing is not living 

There's a young girl living on the edge of town, edge of town 

With a light in her window and her hair falls down, hair falls down 

And she loves me crazy and she loves me wild, loves me wild 

And she loves me tender like a lonely child, lonely child