Fighting Trim

[Verse 1]

Vincent Persichetti, Xenakis, Cage, Bartok and Gershwin

Live in stereo and living on a stolen pink cassette

Talisman reporting that the president's killed Merlin

Santa Fe, Madrid, and Paris were the last to place the bets

Try my hand at baking or whatever craft is shaking up the rocks

Get good at Crokinole without that slippery powder on the top

Typeset the revolution, 15-point Futura

Left a notice in the margins there, I told the king “ready or not”

[Chorus]

I'll get my daughters fighting trim and tell 'em, don't be tardy

And when the fighting's over, then I know they won't be sorry

Fabled anger, blood and carbohydrates in the air

Oh, honey, I'll be there

I'll set the timepiece running; on the clock, we set to carving

And when the carving's over, then I know we'll just be starting

Fabled anger, blood and carbohydrates in the air

Oh, honey, I'll be there

[Verse 2]

Opulence and savvy get along like wine and bread rolls in the evening

For the record, there's a lot of wine to go around

Pass the glass along to good old Rozencrantz and Raisin Bran

Kentucky fried before we die, our bodies never found

Try my hand at archery, backgammon, and strip poker

One a day, good shot, good hand, good play, and the world will enter endgame

Typeset the revolution, 15-point Futura

Left a notice in the margins there, I told the king “we're here to stay”

[Chorus]

I'll get my daughters fighting trim and tell 'em, don't be tardy

And when the fighting's over, then I know they won't be sorry

Fabled anger, blood and carbohydrates in the air

Oh, honey, I'll be there

I'll set the timepiece running; on the clock, we set to carving

And when the carving's over, then I know we'll just be starting

Fabled anger, blood and carbohydrates in the air

Oh, honey, I'll be there

[Post-Chorus]

[Chorus]

I'll set the timepiece running; on the clock, we set to carving

And when the carving's over, then I know we'll just be starting

Fabled anger, blood and carbohydrates in the air

Oh, honey, I'll be there

[Chorus]

I'll get my daughters fighting trim and tell 'em, don't be tardy

And when the fighting's over, then I know they won't be sorry

Fabled anger, blood and carbohydrates in the air

Oh, honey, I'll be there

I'll set the timepiece running; on the clock, we set to carving

And when the carving's over, then I know we'll just be starting

Fabled anger, blood and carbohydrates in the air

Oh, honey, I'll be there

(One, two, three, four)

[Chorus]

I'll get my daughters fighting trim and tell 'em, don't be tardy

And when the fighting's over, then I know they won't be sorry

Fabled anger, blood and carbohydrates in the air

Oh, honey, I'll be there

I'll set the timepiece running; on the clock, we set to carving

And when the carving's over, then I know we'll just be starting

Fabled anger, blood and carbohydrates in the air

Oh, honey, I'll be there