Serpent Charmer

Song Serpent Charmer
Artist Iron & Wine
Album Around the Well

Lyrics

There's a woman here with a broken record player
And a dusty compass off to map the country's new behavior
Strange words that we hold on back into the river
Brave boys in the empty coats of men
There's a kitchen timer, distractions and reminders
Roly-pollies started crawling across your family's china
Strange words that we hold on back into the river
Dead dogs on the winter night again
There's a serpent charmer, a pair of shoes and wander
A speeding ticket, you're not leaving that last land of slaughter
Strange words that we hold on back into the river
Good girls come and kick you in the shin
There's a hopeful hunter that has a sense of wonder
And leaving claw marks on the rock he hid his money under
Strange words that we hold on back into the river
And made men only want to live again