Sunset Rubdown - The Mending Of The Gown lyrics

He made an enemy then, he made an enemy of all of you, it's him, not you You never heard it from me but there's a breach in the hull where the truth and the water's too deep to prove He made an enemy then, he made an enemy of all of you, it's him, not you It's a little red sea let the miracle worker go free See the paddle go up and the paddle go down And the paddle go up and the paddle go down And the paddle go up and the paddle go down And the man falls in the sea He was a man of many nations, had a hundred souls and a hundred to go He was a man of many nations, two hearts, two hands, it's a slippery slope He had a fear of being naked, but you're any other man in another man's clothes He was a man of many nations, with revelations, oh revelations He wrote a book about the Bible and he, he wrote a book about men in the sky He wrote a book about the smell of winter in two, a little less simple to decipher Saying, "I am the water at the foot of the palms or I am sand and wind and a sh**ty mirage But either way, I'm a man of many nations!" Was it the mending of the gown, or the running it around? Was it the mending of the gown, or the running, and the running it around? She had a name, she had a spirit, she had a line in the play if you waited to hear it But a master of disguises, her demise was her design, they said Was it the mending of the gown, or the running, and the running, and the running it around? She said my name and my spirit are both corrupt and if you hold me close, you gotta hold me up It was the tender mending of this slender gown that brought me bending to the ground Now you'll wear any old thing, oh you'll wear any old thing So she left herself in swallowing up the fever to the air to a broken wing It's an act, I think she's just pretending, it's an act, I think, she's just pretending If you burn the virgin flags, then I will shake, (shake!) as the heat waves in the sand This one's for Maggie (This one's for Maggie) this one's for Sam (This one's for Sam) This one's for Maggie (This one's for Maggie) this one's for Sam (This one's for Sam) Or any other random spirit lover busted, I have lusted after you The way bloods**ers do, the way bloods**ers do, the way bloods**ers do! Was it the mending of the gown, or the running it around? Was it the mending of the gown, or the running and the running and the running and the running it around? It was the tender mending of this slender gown that brought me bending to the ground But this ship was built to go down See the paddle go up and the paddle go down! And the paddle go up and the paddle go down! And the paddle go up and the paddle go down! And the paddle go up and the paddle go down!