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Vampire Weekend – Finger Back lyrics
Bend the finger back, snap!
Break your hip, break your toe
Break it til your left hand's straight
Hit me with a wood bat,
Hit me with a canister
Just found my soul, drive away

Bend the finger back, snap!
Owwww, owwww, owwww
Hurt for days
Hit me with a wood bat
Hit me like a Yankee
Like the South that never had a slave

They said the kid willing is a dummy on a line
Sympathy that early, the sun will never shine
Everybody wants you, but baby you are mine
Baby, you're not anybody's fool

Listen with a heart attack
The industry is calling
You can show me where to find a searcher's knife
Visit every now
How did I do the punishment?
The punishment I needed all my life

Bend the finger back, snap!
Owwww, owwwww, owwww
First draft

Listen to the motor
And listen to the ambulance
It's harder letting me for being wired

They said the kid willing is a dummy on a line
Sympathy that early, the sun will never shine
Everybody wants you, but baby you are mine
Baby, you're not anybody's fool

You know that I'm awakened and the road down is wide
A sense of curiosity and yes, they coincide
Everyone was shy, we took 'em for a ride
Baby, you're not anybody's fool

Bend the finger back, snap!
Break your hip, break your toe
Break it til your left hand's straight
Hit me with a wood bat,
Hit me with a canister
Just found my soul, drive away

Bend the finger back, snap!
Owwww, owwww, owwww
Hurt for days
Hit me with a wood bat
Hit me like a Yankee
Like the South that never had a slave

They said the kid willing is a dummy on a line
Sympathy that early, the sun will never shine
Everybody wants you, but baby you are mine
Baby, you're not anybody's fool

The obstacle is broken and intelligence is fine
The city getting down like a country in decline
Every once and now I look you in the eyes
Baby, you're not anybody's fool

See ya next year in Jerusalem
You know, the one at 103rd and Broadway?
Cause this Orthodox girl fell in love with the guy at the falafel shop
And why not?
Should she have averted her eyes and just stared at the laminated poster of the Dome of the Rock?

And then blood, blood, blood, blood, blood, blood, blood, bloooood
And then blood, blood, blood, blood, blood, blood, blood, bloooood

Remembrances of holy days in Tarrytown and Rye
I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

Remembrances of generous hearts that couldn't bear to try
I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

Remembrances of holy days in Tarrytown and Rye
I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die
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Bend the finger back, snap! Break your hip, break your toe Break it til your left hand's straight Hit me with a wood bat, Hit me with a canister Just found my soul, drive away Bend the finger back, snap! Owwww, owwww, owwww Hurt for days Hit me with a wood bat Hit me like a Yankee Like the South that never had a slave They said the kid willing is a dummy on a line Sympathy that early, the sun will never shine Everybody wants you, but baby you are mine Baby, you're not anybody's fool Listen with a heart attack The industry is calling You can show me where to find a searcher's knife Visit every now How did I do the punishment? The punishment I needed all my life Bend the finger back, snap! Owwww, owwwww, owwww First draft Listen to the motor And listen to the ambulance It's harder letting me for being wired They said the kid willing is a dummy on a line Sympathy that early, the sun will never shine Everybody wants you, but baby you are mine Baby, you're not anybody's fool You know that I'm awakened and the road down is wide A sense of curiosity and yes, they coincide Everyone was shy, we took 'em for a ride Baby, you're not anybody's fool Bend the finger back, snap! Break your hip, break your toe Break it til your left hand's straight Hit me with a wood bat, Hit me with a canister Just found my soul, drive away Bend the finger back, snap! Owwww, owwww, owwww Hurt for days Hit me with a wood bat Hit me like a Yankee Like the South that never had a slave They said the kid willing is a dummy on a line Sympathy that early, the sun will never shine Everybody wants you, but baby you are mine Baby, you're not anybody's fool The obstacle is broken and intelligence is fine The city getting down like a country in decline Every once and now I look you in the eyes Baby, you're not anybody's fool See ya next year in Jerusalem You know, the one at 103rd and Broadway? Cause this Orthodox girl fell in love with the guy at the falafel shop And why not? Should she have averted her eyes and just stared at the laminated poster of the Dome of the Rock? And then blood, blood, blood, blood, blood, blood, blood, bloooood And then blood, blood, blood, blood, blood, blood, blood, bloooood Remembrances of holy days in Tarrytown and Rye I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die Remembrances of generous hearts that couldn't bear to try I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die Remembrances of holy days in Tarrytown and Rye I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die Explain Request ×



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Songwriters: Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij
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