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Wooden Leg

from At the Jazz Club by Dan & the Champs

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Wooden leg, worn heart beating hard in your chest saying
"Yes, you nearly did it this time
Nearly, but not quite"
Her legs, your arms, your legs
slowly down the stairs
You're always missing the last step

Wooden leg, thick head thinking about your thin blood, thinking
"Are you looking at me?
Are you just kicking at leaves, or did you carve your heart into the tree?"
Her legs, your arms, your legs
slowly down the stairs
you fall over then you do it again and
Her legs, your arms, your legs
slowly down the stairs
You're always missing the last step

Your father had women hanging off his arm
And he came home late four nights a week full of wine
Smelling of every kind of French perfume
He said "son, is this what it means to be a man?"

How far with Russian literature get you now?
You're too nervous to drag your skinny body next to her
Too scared to be the ladies man like your father said,
Wooden leg.

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from At the Jazz Club, released June 5, 2009

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