Vic Chesnutt

Sewing Machine
Suck in your gut, unclench your fistsJust finished skulling a big black fishOn a bench up behindthe tool shackIn a patch of the poisoned sumackMomma order us some catalogue jeansAnd she made the cuffs on the sewing machineSewing machine, sewing machine, sewing machineGranny wrote a letter up under the table lampSaid her thumbs hurt cos all the beans she had to snapI laid on the porch, just looking through the cracksSee the dog sleeping, watch those ugly chicken scratchThe prom is coming and big sister should be queenMomma makes her dress on the sewing machineSewing machine, sewing machine, sewing machineDaddy is asleep, he's just home from workIn his comfy chair and his yellowed undershirtSister is sad cos she just got the curseAnd I am kinda happy cos my go-kart kinda worksI wanna be a vampire on HalloweenMomma makes my cape on the sewing machineSewing machine, sewing machine, sewing machine From Letras Mania