[Verse]
Fastened through my shoelace
He hangs on every word
Swirling through my coffee cup
Talk sugar sweetly stirred
I'm a music box bird
Caged until I've crude
Wind me up again please
Rub salt on every wound
[Chorus]
Fools follow instructions
They're so eager to please
You can borrow or beg
Got your tail 'tween your legs
And I'm pleading down on my knees
Teach me the tricks of the trade
I'm a nodding dog
The notches on the bedpost
Were like names carved on a tree
You drew an etch-a-sketch heart
Just to shake up and wipe clean
He dreamt a mighty tempest
Had swept us out to sea
While you were steady as the shore breathed in
I was gasping to be free
[Chorus]
Fools follow instructions
They're so eager to please
You can borrow or beg
Got your tail between your legs
And I'm pleading down on my knees (Ooh)
Teach me the tricks of the trade
I'm a nodding dog
I'm a nodding dog
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