Vic Chesnutt
Scratch, Scratch, Scratch
[Verse 1]
Scratch, scratch, scratch goes the cat on the carpet
She stepped in the blue water bowl
Twitch, twitch, twitch goes my eyelid
My tongue in a cavity hole
[Chorus 1]
I lost my passport one hairy night
I think they found it in the bald bulb light
Now I wait calmly in the holiday cold
My love is lent out, tucked in a skin fold
My love is lent out, tucked in a skin fold
There goes my baby
[Verse 2]
Not really middle of the murder
Surely left of center of the swirl
Bolster my conviction as a character reference
With a sweetie-neatie drop of pearl
[Chorus 2]
The crowd at the courthouse passed around the flu
Blew through steamy faces
Still in shock in the parking lot
Freezing doing Sunday suit paces
[Outro]
And then we were dismissed
And I drove alone to a friend's
Then we were dismissed
And I drove alone to a friend's