Character Assassination Lyrics - Graham Parker

Pre>doo doo etc 

Am 

She opens up and pulls you in, dabs a napkin on your chin 

Em 

She's like an ornament on a hood, does the mambo like a piece of wood 

Am 

Taking you under, taking you under, for the duration 

The creamy liquid of your heart the vital substance that was part 

Of every beat and rhythm that has come unglued and riven 

Taking you under, taking you under, beyond sensation 

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Em 

How could you lose so many things your keys your car your diamond rings? 

Am 

The very things that gave you inspiration 

Em 

How could you get sucked up like that how could you get so fucked up 

Am 

And let her treat you like an aberration 

Em am 

It's a character, character assassination 

The monkey's paw and the powdered tusks the chicken feet and the corn husk em 

The spanish fly and the ginseng root the snake oil and the lotus shoot am 

Ran out of magic, ran out of magic and stimulation 

How could you lose yourself like that? it seemed so pure and violent 

Until she hit you up for small change and devastation 

How could you allow yourself to rot? now you're vacant that's your lot 

Now you've got to stop this disintegration 

Like a character character assassination 

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Intro doo doos 

How could you drops so many balls? how could you blow so many calls? 

And take so many falls and still keep on tripping 

How could you miss so many shots? how could you write so many plots? 

And wind up with a book that's less than gripping 

You drop her hand like a dead leaf steal her heartbeat like a thief 

Crush the bones beneath her skin the marrow and the calcium 

Now you're under, now you're under investigation 

For a character, character assassination 

Doo doos, fade /pre>