2.99 Cent Blues - Regina Spektor
Somewhere far away, where I roam There live my buffalo twin, in our twin buffalo home, sweet home He take good care of my native son And he call me by my native name And he, he even lets us drink spring water on Sundays Say, 2.99, 2.99 a gallon 2.99, 2.99 a gallon And somewhere further down the road, where I also roam There lives my caterpillar cousin Beneath a fancy engraved tomb head stone In the middle of a southern town Beneath the cemetery burial plot And he, he don't pay rent no more, no more But he sure likes the spot, sure likes the spot Yeah, sure likes the spot, sure likes the spot He sure likes the spot, sure likes the spot But in the furthest place I've ever known Where even I so rarely roam There lives a boy who just come back from war His flesh was wounded but he made it back home His mother calls him by his given name And the neighbors whisper how he prefers to be alone And he get, he gets nightmares about boys dripping blood Sold for 2.99, 2.99 a gallon C'mon, just 2.99, 2.99 a gallon Pay up, y'all, it's 2.99, 2.99 a g-g-gallon But when I get me all real tired And I got no more strength to roam I catch me a horse driven carriage ride From a local man named Ethan Frome He don't say much as he tips his hat And he carries his body as heavy as lead He could have been flying through the snow on his sled But the wife was in bed and the horses had to be fed Besides, it's 2.99, 2.99 a story C'mon, just 2.99, 2.99 a story Pay up y'all, it's just 2.99 a story C'mon, 2.99, 2.99 a story C'mon, ya'll, it's 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99 2.99, 2.99 a story Pay up, y'all, it's 2.99, 2.99 a story Pay up, it's just 2.99, 2.99 a story Your money, it's just 2.99, 2.99 a gallon
Artist: Regina Spektor
Title: 2.99 Cent Blues