[Intro Crawdad] He cant see that she slipped through the cracks the cracks Time has taken all he wants it back it back An angel holds a devils drink and makes him think his head will sink If he just takes the glass, throw it back, throw it back [Verse 1 Crawdad] Yo mom, you remember your first date, Your first kiss The first fist dad ever let touch down on your face The first time you thought, fuck this place Your first fight, your first night alone, your first car What about your first home, your first trip to the bar How about the first time you ever wished on a star, yeah And the first is the worst fear, but the last time you left makes it hurt here In the chest, below the chin and neck Inside my tinted breath is a crystal clear facade Waiting to be seen through but now you gone [Hook Crawdad Female Vocalist] The devils drink will hold her wings and stop her flight her children sing la la la la [Verse 2 Crawdad] Yo dad, you remember the last day, before you left you used my words like an ash tray Remember the last day you did coke? What about the last time you watched your kids grow Probably not youre quite transparent, I read you like a book Apparently I overlooked the premise and assumed your truth was the carriage that would take me away But I was young then, dumb then, not much to say Lips are sealed and eyes are peeled to find whats real But the mind dines on the kill They like to combine their minds and try to find some type of line to draw between the time they took and whats left to give, its all in the devils drink [Hook] [Verse 3 Crawdad] Man he hates his thoughts its the melting pot that steams up As the hellish thoughts get brought to another level He say she got a smile like a devil She say she need a bit of lee way fore they get back to the prepaid happiness they won in a sweepstakes Not too keen, pay close mind to the hope that they both hide to abide by the close line That they drew while they were both blind, no ties, just four kids A hubby and a wife thats some fucked up shit man I dont even know And then there was me, the one with the clipped wings A small town boy trying to do some big things Mike got a lip ring, Julie got a halo, Tony got a gun By the time I hit the cradle, nothing seemed right so I put my face in the pillow and I would sing this like [Hook 2 Female Vocalist Crawdad] la la la la The devils drink will hold her wings and stop her flight her children sing la la la la The devils drink will hold her wings and stop her flight her children sing la la la la
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