Sister Cities Lyrics - Painted Shut - Hop Along

See the old man? 

On the bridge? 

He's 

hauling up a sagging net. 

It's full of eels 

twisting through the eye sockets of a horse's head 

And this fiend has no family 

So he will outlive 

you and me. 

In the hospital you talked about 

thumbing down that truck ride 

for the first time 

and the false friend 

kept his back turned 

that's when you learned 

the fierceness of man 

again. 

How long it took to reach the 

Sister Cities 

And then somehow make it back 

just to tell me, "Yeah, I guess I'm still 

pretty mad." 

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Every other day 

the same long road to 

the old man down the street. 

Neither one of you knows 

what the flowers in your hand 

are supposed to mean. 

Help! My uncle's gone insane, 

in his room he sits 

shaking a geranium! 

Outside, the old dog, resigned, 

leaves heavy tracks for the father 

dragging the rifle to find. 

Every other day the same 

long road to the old man down the street. 

Do you think someday, through all the flowers, 

your eyes finally will meet? 

Where he'll tell you, "Honey, you know I had to shoot that dog 

you loved so much. You know I had to do it. Aw, honey you know I had 

to shoot that dog you loved so much, you know I had to do it." 

"Yeah, I know you had to shoot that dog I loved so much 

I know you had to do it." 

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