Daddy Untwisted Lyrics - Over The Rhine

Are you my daddy? 

Are you? 

I don't want to cut you up 

Drink you from a paper cup 

I don't want to spit you out 

Or kick you in the shin 

I don't want to knock you down 

Be your mother 

Be a clown 

I don't want to talk about 

The shit you're really in 

I don't want to take a bow 

Now one's clapping anyhow 

I don't want to sneak around 

And pray you'll understand 

I don't want to call your bluff 

Enoughs enough 

I don't want to see you 

Chained up 

I don't want to ruffle you 

Cut the deck and shuffle you 

Don't want to come to fisticuffs 

Or stick you with a pin 

I don't want to argue 

Hurt your pride 

Or make you blue 

Your tongue is forked 

And clearly 

There are scales upon your skin 

I don't want to help ice crack 

Give you a surprise attack 

I don't want to cut you slack 

And watch it go to hell 

I don't want to tell you lies 

Like Presbyterians or spies 

I don't want to see you 

Chained up 

Don't you run away 

Leave me like a rainy day 

I don't want to make you stay 

Or stand up high above you 

Don't want you to see me cry 

I'm just trying not to lie 

I don't want to see you 

Chained up