My Uncle's Navy

[Verse 1] There's memories I'd pay to remove I'd cut them out myself if that were possible The kind you cry yourself blind about The kind that choke you out Choke you out [Verse 2] Had an uncle who was not by blood Liked to scare all the little girls away And if you're tenderhearted you should stop the tape Snap the tape [Verse 3] He pulled the heads off of garter snakes I cried so helpless for those silent creatures You know I cried so hard I pissed myself Twistin' away from the horror [Chorus] In the tarpit sea Memories wear thick coats The kind that pull you down But in refusin' to drown You're choked into the shape Of a sailor A sailor [Verse 4] Deputized by the cruel god of children No running water in his soul, just a hole That echoed when he'd call your name from down the hall His name was a command that cuts the ears off fightin' dogs Then wipes the knife on his militia pants [Refrain] Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh [Bridge] And he's braggin' all the while "If I say that black is blue it's blue, black is blue if I say it is" "Black is blue, black is blue if I say it is" [Verse 5] I never wondered what made him that way Bullies are not born, they're pressed into a form And I hated those who gave him access to our days The ones who did nothin' I still can't love them [Refrain] Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh [Chorus] In the tarpit sea Memories wear thick coats The kind that pull you down But in refusin' to drown You're choked into the shape Of a sailor A sailor A sailor [Outro] Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh Mercurochrome and merthiolate stains, oh