Teach Me Sweetheart Lyrics - The Fiery Furnaces

Teach me sweetheart 

Come away 

Teach me, sweetheart 

Come on past 

Brave young batchelors 

I'm alone 

Teach me, sweetheart 

My mother in law was standing by the stove 

Hissing like a snake, hissing like a snake 

Hissing like a snake 

She gave orders to spill my blood 

She gave orders 

To spill my blood, i thought 

I thought, i thought, and i thought some more 

Come away 

Teach me sweetheart 

Come on past 

Brave young bachelors 

I'm alone 

Teach me, sweetheart 

My father in law was lying on his bed 

Growling like a dog, growling like a dog 

Growling like a dog 

He gave orders to spill my blood; he gave orders 

To spill my blood, i thought 

I thought, i thought, and i thought some more 

Come away 

Teach me sweetheart 

Come on past 

Brave young bachelors 

I'm alone 

Teach me, sweetheart 

My sister in law was sitting on her stoop 

Crawing like a crow, crawing like a crow 

Crawing like a crow 

She gave orders to spill my blood 

She gave orders 

To spill my blood, i thought 

I thought, i thought, and i thought some more 

Come away 

Teach me sweetheart 

Come on past 

Brave young bachelors 

I'm alone 

Teach me, sweetheart 

My brother in law was leaning on the love-seat 

Tapping with his tail, tapping with his tail 

Purring like a cat 

He gave orders to spill my blood 

He gave orders 

To spill my blood, i thought