Oh Woman

band : woodbox gang album : wormwood oh woman Verse 1 E G# youre a woman thats what you say A B i say you work in mysterious ways F#m B im on my knees every other day A E oh woman Verse 2 i was born with shoes and a long sleeve shirt straight into the barn where the hoof prints hurt but i was twelve years old before i said a dirty word oh woman Verse 3 i drink my coffee straight from the tap no cream no sugar i take it black no bread no wine he can have it back oh woman Verse 4 i was dreaming about the time i caught a nasty influenza my head was hot and melting causing mass hallucinations there were people on the ceiling screaming lead in wrong directions oh woman Verse 5 youre a woman thats what you say i say you work in mysterious ways i scream your name in vain they say oh woman Verse 6 i was born with boots and a half hidden tail with a sprout of mistletoe peaking through the scales i was 21 before i spent the sabbath in jail oh woman Verse 7 i drink my koolaid down like poison raise my glass to all the other children with his blood well meet our mothers in heaven oh woman Verse 8 i was killing every brain cell with a cleaner for the kitchen in the hopes id be too blind to see the depth of my depression somebody saved my life posed as a kitchen cleaner salesman oh woman Verse 9 youre a woman thats what you say i say you work in mysterious ways one look at you and ive turned gray oh woman Verse 10 i was born with cleats and a pocketknife i traded my cleats for a secondhand wife i traded true love for eternal life oh woman Verse 11 i drink my whiskey straight from the source it blows my brain and it rips my voice but id drown in that river if i had the choice oh woman Verse 12 i was killing every brain cell with a paper bag addiction the vapors of adhesion take away my dark condition i danced across the ceiling without shame or inhibition oh woman