All The Ugly Things - Bambara

Well, I came here from a place

With lots of trees and beauty for beauty’s sake

Uh huh, yeah

Metal screeches through the night

And I’m finding that I like the way it sings

Uh huh, yeah well

I crush rats with my heel

And smile when they squeal

Slow like bending steel

Uh huh

Hear you whistle so I run

Find you bathing in the sun

Uh huh, yeah I squint in it with you

Till you, say something

Would you say something

Say

Huh!

Back home there was a flood

And I’m told my house was buried in mud

Uh huh, yeah now

I’m drunk and dizzy here

Where all the ugly things are lit up so pretty

Uh, uh yeah

But sometimes

Sometimes I’d like to see a girl

With flowers braided in her hair

I pass out on the train

Till you say something

Would you say something

Say something

Say, huh!

Say something

Say, huh!

Say