The Roots - My New Haunt lyrics

My New Haunt Gives me everything I want My New Haunt Gives me everything I want And I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind If she turns out to be crazy in time Bring me black strap mola**es Light me a burning witch Bring me my bristle brushes Bring me my tar and pitch Bring me my feather pillow And I'll unpick the stitch We've lived too well Too long So long So strong My New Haunt Brings me everything I want And I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind If she turns out to be faithless in time My New Haunt Sometimes disappears Then comes back in the night And whispers in my ears Saying "Don't you know you little fool You've nothing to fear I'll tell you everything you want to know Everything you want to hear" And I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind Raise up that flaming torch Watch as the ships approach An invitation on her lips The homeless, tempest-tossed, she grips Make her beautiful Make her dutiful and rich Sing me a love song So long So strong My New Haunt Has just been repossessed And I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind if I have to guess my next address I'm out on the horizon Just as the sun was rising First rays bestow a kiss So you would never guess I'm sailing off a precipice Dragons and gold down in the hold Burning leaves and spices choking back the stench of piss My New Haunt Requires a coat of paint And I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind If the walls are peeling and the ceiling is revealing the stars out there reeling My New Haunt Sometimes disappears Comes back in the night And whispers in my ears Saying "Don't you know you little fool You've nothing to fear I'll tell you everything you want to know Everything you want to hear" And I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind At the end of the working day He's tired of kneeling, and praying "As I lay down to die" I can't remember why Up on the silent screen A cowboy ropes a trick And in the second feature Some lovely creature saved by a yankee dick Make her beautiful Make her dutiful and rich Sing me a love song So long So strong My New Haunt The shiver of a chill And I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind Start making babies Beat out those bayonets Stop making bullets Reverse the planets Pick all my pockets Cut off those bracelets Have you no remorse? Peel off your corsets Of course