Kinderhook Hoopskirt Works Lyrics - Sister Kinderhook - Rasputina

On one side was Albany Avenue 

On the other side a rushing creek 

Laid in Flemish bond 

Three stories high, a fortress of brick 

This was a place of employ 

The Kinderhook Hoopskirt Works 

But it still hurts 

When I think of the privileged captivity 

Of the mill girl like me 

Kept sequestered 

Only seen on a rope bridge 

That hangs high over the stream 

We are kept like galley slaves 

While strangers decorate our father's graves 

A dark secret of this river, this creek 

This stream, oh what does it mean? 

You'll hear no flattery at the factory 

At the Kinderhook Hoopskirt Works 

There comes an undertone of frantic in her stitchery 

Idle talk do the turn to the wicked 

Take a listen, you'll surely see 

Between the girls a foul ensued 

Our heroine turns in word 

To her collection 

To examine her collection 

Her collection of two hundred and twenty-five smiles 

You'll hear no flattery at the factory 

At the Kinderhook Hoopskirt Works 

You'll hear no flattery at the factory 

At the Kinderhook Hoopskirt Works 

Each decision we make is based on love or fear 

Shall I be kind or cruel or fake? 

Shall I now shed a tear? 

You can see them up in the windows of the factory 

Any night of the week 

Like beautifully-gowned wax figures on display 

with the loveliest eyes you've ever seen 

Squinting to baste the flouts 

Basting underskirts as big as wagon wheels 

Stabbing feelings with a needle 

Do you like how that feels? 

You'll hear no flattery at the factory 

At the Kinderhook Hoopskirt Works 

You'll hear no flattery at the factory 

At the Kinderhook Hoopskirt Works 

At the Kinderhook Hoopskirt Works