Raw

by Giant Sand

From the album: Chore of Enchantment

Track 7 of 30 on Chore of Enchantment (2000).

Duration: 3:29

Chore of Enchantment cover art

Lyrics for Raw

The clouds turned into spiny chestnut shells And when they'd rain down my skin would swell. And the morning song birds were replaced with crow And the spiny shelled rain would stick to me like Velcro. The beat up tin I'd like to call my car Would deliver me and all to only a lonely bar And I would ponder this disease like a peeling onion skin striptease And I would live to let it win. When I was raw. (When I was wrong.) Being way too tall for any self regulation, I'd invite the devil in and his entire nation What in tarnation? Being way too small to let any angel love me I would spit on the ground they shadowed And in the air they flew above me. When I was raw. (When I was wrong.) When I was raw. It took a year or two To scavenge what was left. Now I walk with much more rhythm Over the mines I might've dug and left. I was so tainted when I set them Being blinded from rage. Now I glide until I stumble But now they fail to engage. Mmmmmmmmm

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More from Chore of Enchantment

  1. Overture
  2. (Well) Dusted
  3. Punishing Sun
  4. X-Tra Wide
  5. 1972
  6. Temptation of Egg
  7. Raw
  8. Wolfy
  9. Shiver
  10. Dirty from the Rain
  11. Astonished (In Memphis)
  12. No Reply
  13. Satellite
  14. Bottom Line Man
  15. Way to End the Day
  16. Shrine
  17. Shiver - John Parish Remix
  18. Rock Opera - Bonus Track
  19. Dusted (In Tucson) - Bonus Track
  20. Astonished (In Tucson) - Bonus Track
  21. Hard on Things - Bonus Track
  22. Francoise - Bonus Track
  23. Punishing Sun (In Tucson) - Bonus Track
  24. Chore of Enchantment - Bonus Track
  25. Seldom Matters Again - Bonus Track
  26. Music Arcade - Bonus Track
  27. Shiver (In Tucson) - Bonus Track
  28. Catapult - Bonus Track
  29. Dilemma - Bonus Track
  30. Bad (Not Good) - Bonus Track