Timebomb

Old 97s · Too Far To Care [1997]

I got a timebomb, in my mind Mom

I hear it ticking but I don't know why

I call the police, but they don't like me

I hear 'em whispering when I walk by



I got a landmine in my bloodline

I'm not immune to getting blown apart

She's like a claymore, that's what she's there for

She's waiting 'round here to get blown apart



Having her on my brain's like getting hit by a train,

She's gonna kill me. Oh Celeste, oh Celeste



I got a timebomb, in my mind Mom,

It's gonna go off, but I don't know when

I need a doctor to extract her

I got a feeling she'd get right back in again



I got a timebomb, in my mind Mom,

I got it badly for a stick-legged girl

She's gonna kill me, and I don't mean softly

I got it badly for a stick-legged girl



Having her on my brain's like getting hit by a train,

She's gonna kill me. Oh Celeste, oh Celeste, oh Celeste