Iron and Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth
American mouth, don't know what to say
Like a river running but it's too late to cry
Oh my dear, so you've grown up today
Underneath my window she cries
Oh mother of mercy
What am I to do?
Your kissing her eyelids and not noticing the scar on her heart
Now I am up in my room like a train a comin
Gettin my skin shed all over the floor
American mouth, keep me alive, don't you forget this sound
American dreams and the fist that feeds
I don't want to hear you say it anymore
You were right, there's no one else in the world for me
I was wrong, but I won't lie to you anymore
You can go, you can leave me alone
I will come too, I will follow you home
Oh mother of mercy
What am I to do?
Your kissing her eyelids and not noticing the scar on her heart
Now I am up in my room like a train a comin
Gettin my skin shed all over the floor
American dreams and the fist that feeds
I don't want to hear you say it anymore
No no no no
Don't tell me now that I don't know what to do
With your American mouth
With your American mouth
With your American dreams and the fist that feeds
Don't tell me now that I don't know what to do
With your American mouth
Oh mother of mercy.