Monkey Claw from Revolving Doors by Tom Woodward
Tracklist
| 6. | Monkey Claw | 4:34 |
Lyrics
Monkey claw at the door
Wants to scratch my back
Promising me more and more
Of all the things I lack
There's a price for all generosity
Which I don't know how to pay
Coz I won it all
And I lost it all
And I'm saddled in your debt
You took it all
With your monkey claw
Left me swaying in my sweat
On your mystic amulet
I pray
Please stay
I pray
Please
Go away
The troubadour at the door
Wants a cigarette
To hone it in, phone it in
Another long odd bet
There's a stain on her old legacy
So she slums all the way back home
She won it all
And she lost it all
Now she's on the street
You took it all
With your monkey claw
And you cradled her defeat
It tastes so bittersweet
To pray
Please stay
To pray
Please go away
Monkey claw at the door
Wants to take me back
History, memory
Creeping through the crack
There's a price to your generosity
There are words which I don't say
Coz I won it all
And I lost it all
And I'm saddled in your debt
You took it all
With your monkey claw
Left me swaying in my sweat
On your mystic amulet
I pray
Please stay
I pray
Please go away
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License
CC BY 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.
In early 2023, Tom Woodward put down the guitar and embarked on a two month walk up the east coast of Australia, ending in a hospital stay and a hard-earned respect for the fragility of life. A year and a half later he got deported as an illegal alien from the USA. Composed in the twilit limbo between these two life shattering events, Revolving Doors is his new album.