My Uncle's Navy Lyrics - Neko Case

There's memories I'd pay to remove 

I'd cut them out myself 

If that were possible 

The kind you cry yourself blind about 

The kind that choke you out 

Choke you out 

I had an uncle who was not by blood 

He loved to scare all the little girls away 

And if you're tender-hearted 

You should stop the tape 

Stop the tape 

He pulled the heads off of garter snakes 

I cried so helpless for those 

Silent creatures 

Twisting away from 

The horror 

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In the tarpit sea 

Memories wear thick coats 

The kind that pull you down 

But in refusing to drown 

You're choked into the shape of 

A sailor 

A sailor 

Deputized by the cruel god of children 

No running water in his soul. 

Just a hole 

That echoed when he'd call your name 

From down the hall 

His name was a command 

That cuts the ears off fighting dogs 

And wipes the knife 

On his militia pants 

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Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh 

Mercurochrome and merthiolate stans, oh 

And he's braggin' all the while 

"if i say that black is blue, it's blue. 

Black is blue, if i say it is." 

I never wondered what made him that way 

Bullies are not born 

They are pressed into a form 

And I hated those who gave him access 

To our days 

The ones who did nothin' 

I still can't love them 

Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh 

Mercurochrome and merthiolate stans, oh 

In the tarpit sea 

Memories wear thick coats 

The kind that pull you down 

But in refusing to drown 

You're choked into the shape of 

A sailor 

A sailor 

A sailor 

Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh 

Mercurochrome and merthiolate stans, oh 

Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh 

Mercurochrome and merthiolate stans, oh 

Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh 

Mercurochrome and merthiolate stans, oh 

Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh 

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