Wood Chipper Lyrics - Mystic Pinball - John Hiatt

Well, I'm from the Midwest 

I know enough to cut a path 

Around a wood chipper 

And be careful 

Of any conversation 

A man starts by callin' you skipper 

'Cause there ain't no ocean 'round here 

Though a lotta little lakes where you could disappear 

I wonder what the fish are bitin' on today, Jimmy 

She told me not 

To follow her down here 

Said he was crazy about her 

I guess I didn't know 

What that meant 

Just knew I couldn't do without her 

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Then I seen 'em through the window sash 

He had a Forty four pistol and a bag of cash 

And she was foldin' some kinda pretty note paper into her breast pocket 

What some people won't do, to break up a happy home 

What some people won't do, to break up a happy home 

Well, I got the picture 

A temporary love shack 

In the middle of no place 

They were plannin' 

On usin' that cash 

To get away bold-faced 

Now how long did they think they could stay 

The troopers and the Marshall's surely on their way 

I ran through the yard and I banged my knee on his wood chipper 

I was screamin' like a baby 

She appeared at the window 

He opened the door 

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And when I looked up 

He said "Skipper 

What're you doin' here for" 

One bullet to the head 

Before I hit the ground I was dead 

I guess I'm tellin' you this before you go fishin' now, Jimmy 

What some people won't do, break up a happy home 

What some people won't do, break up a happy home 

What some people won't do, to break up a happy home 

What some people won't do, to break up a happy home 

Never found my body 

But they killed 'em in a shoot out 

Five miles down the road 

They found that note paper 

In her breast pocket 

Thought it was somethin' written in code 

But it was part of a letter set 

I'd got her for Christmas ten years ago I'd bet 

She used to just use the paper for her grocery list 

(and it read) 

Eggs 

Hamburger meat 

Bread 

Funyuns 

Orange drink 

Toilet paper 

Tidy Bowl 

Pickles 

Little Debbie Snack Cakes 

What some people won't do, break up a happy home 

What some people won't do, to break up a happy home 

What some people won't do, to break up a happy home 

What some people won't do, break up a happy home