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Skeleton Key

from Parts of Speech by Dessa

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lyrics

I haven’t met a locked door yet
that I couldn’t beat
On a chain around my neck
I keep my skeleton key

CHORUS
Don’t waste your worry on me
I always find what I need
Come and go as I please
I’ve got my skeleton key

By now it’s just a simple trick, not much to see
You hear the tumblers catch and click, then turn the key
But I’ve found work and welcome everywhere I’ve been
cause everyone’s got someplace
they wanna be let in

CHORUS

Along the way
the old men call me by mother’s name
she looked just the same they say
The children wave
or hide behind their mothers’ skirts afraid
strangers here still seem strange
They hear the accent
know I’m from nowhere near
but I speak the language
and I know the customs here
I come from over the horizon
pass through every dozen years
Go home, tell of my arrival
The skeleton key’s here

CHORUS

I’ve got my
my skeleton
my skeleton key
I’ve got my, got my, got my
My skeleton
My skeleton key, yeah

CHORUS

Don’t you go
waste all your
worry on me
cause I’ll make
my way with
my skeleton key

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from Parts of Speech, released June 25, 2013
Production by Lazerbeak, vocals by Dessa
Published by Lorem Ipsum (ASCAP) and Legend Recognize Legend (ASCAP)

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Dessa is a writer and touring musician based in Manhattan and Minneapolis. Quick wit, sharp pen, soft heart.

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