Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Donkeys, artist - Cursive. Album song Mama, I'm Swollen, in the genre Альтернатива
Date of issue: 09.03.2009
Record label: Cursive
Song language: English
Donkeys |
Don’t lie, where have you been? |
Your teeth are red, your eyes are peppermints |
Sailing out to sea with your new best friend |
You don’t like the way you live so you play pretend |
But isn’t it time you act your age? |
You got a mortgage on your shoulder, got a babe on the way |
You shrug it off with a jackass grin |
Thinking once you clean up you’re going to do it again |
He says |
Whoa, oh, oh no |
I’m going to Pleasure Island, I don’t want to come home |
Whoa, oh, oh no |
The reverend says beware, he swears we’re going to hell |
We may be donkeys but at least we have a tale to tell |
Don’t start with the slap on the wrist |
I don’t need no cease and desist |
I ain’t fooling around and it ain’t no sin |
So you best be stepping back because ugly ultimatums |
And never you mind what your old maid says |
There ain’t nothing to complain so long as you’re earning bread |
She’s got a way of getting under your skin |
She plants a little seed of doubt, the guilt blossoms |
She says |
Whoa, oh, oh no |
You’re going to Pleasure Island, you can never come home |
Whoa, oh, oh no |
The problem with you, kid, is you can’t say no |
You can’t take a little nibble, you got to lick the bowl |
I pushed off, I’m sailing away |
And I ain’t looking back |
I can’t look at that face |
This just might be my greatest mistake |
So when the future turns away for the present’s presence |
My life was born of pleasure, but it sure wasn’t pleasant |
He says |
Whoa, oh, oh no |
I’m going to Pleasure Island, I ain’t never going home |
Whoa, oh, oh no |
I’ll make an ass out of myself before I say I’m broke |
Yeah, I’ll soon be bucking around in the mud |
Whoa, oh, oh no |
I’m going to Pleasure Island, I ain’t never going home |
Whoa, oh, oh no |
The reverend says beware, he swears we’re going to hell |
The sheriff says be careful, they’re going to throw us in jail |
We may be donkeys but at least we have a tale to tell |