Donkey Kosh - Florence + The Machine

With a donkey on my shoulder

And a jackal on my back

I’ll carry these, my children,

Keep them safe from attack

The donkey makes it hard to dance

And the jackal sings too loud

Little donkey’s getting restless,

Getting heavier as it grows

And the jackal, spoiled and spiteful,

Keeps biting at my nose

I would have a lover

A husband and a child

But the donkey is too jealous

And the jackal is too wild

Oh, is too wild

You ask me why I keep them, oh

Why I love them so

Why they get away with murder as they grow and grow and grow

You ask me why I keep them, oh, oh

Why I love them so

Why they get away with murder as they grow and grow

I keep them 'cause I made them

They come from in my heart

With each mistake I make, created and torn apart

And when it’s time to feed them,

Before they go to bed,

I give them my confessions baked within their bread

And as they sleep,

Tucked up tight,

The donkey and the jackal, they snort and snuffle in the night.

Woah

Little donkey’s getting restless,

Getting heavier as it grows

And the jackal, spoiled and spiteful,

Keeps biting at my nose