[00:00.00]Maddox Table (LP版) - 10000 Maniacs
[00:08.22]Written by：Merchant Natalie
[00:16.45]The legs of maddox kitchen tables
[00:21.97]My whole life twisted on a lathe
[00:28.44]In a foreman's torrent
[00:30.47]My first english was
[00:32.16]Faster boy if you want your pay
[00:35.83]Barking commands
[00:37.09]Loud and simple
[00:39.05]We could all obey
[00:42.21]Then I was forever pulling silvers
[00:47.53]Rubbed the sawdust always
[00:50.17]Deeper in my eye
[00:54.33]Varnish vapor that could linger
[00:58.05]On my skin
[00:59.66]It held tight
[01:01.53]The whine of spinning blades
[01:03.29]Still echoes to bother my sleep at night
[01:07.70]See that ox
[01:08.73]Stamped dead center
[01:10.56]On the letter head of the company mail
[01:14.09]Four decades a spitting image
[01:16.88]Of the animal I portrayed
[01:20.46]At maddox table a yoke was carved
[01:23.16]For my neck
[01:27.12]Sun through the window oil spattered
[01:32.38]And in mason jars
[01:34.61]Tricked plenty seeds thrive
[01:39.49]The standing joke
[01:41.06]Around the shop was
[01:42.90]With my green thumb
[01:44.30]Anything'd grow
[01:45.71]My part was to laugh
[01:47.69]Show and ornery jig had
[01:49.44]Cut it at the knuckle bone
[01:52.67]See that ox
[01:53.85]Trade mark burned
[01:55.46]Into every stick of furniture
[01:57.31]From horn to tail
[01:59.00]Four decades a spitting image
[02:01.83]Of the animal I portrayed
[02:05.34]At maddox table a yoke was carved
[02:08.05]For my neck
[02:10.45]Was tailor made
[02:23.40]O my Dolly was a weak
[02:26.85]Not a burdened girl
[02:30.99]Treat her to a piece of vaudville
[02:34.35]A wintergarden moving picture show
[02:38.23]Bemus point on July Sundays
[02:41.44]By trolley we'd go
[02:56.94]To your benefit we's strike or bargain
[03:00.16]With the waving fist a union man
[03:03.30]Not just for
[03:04.15]Smokes spirits candy and cologne
[03:06.29]But for
[03:06.70]Automobile keys
[03:08.27]Cash in the bank
[03:09.49]And the deed
[03:11.76]On a place called home