The Garfield El - The Fiery Furnaces

Faster, hammers

Faster, hammers

Churn and turn into my late train to my lost love

Ring away today, stick, bruise into my felt, or so I felt

I found a skeleton tooth in the junk drawer

And I mean to open the folding green and white door

And take a late train to my lost love

Faster, hammers!

Faster, hammers!

Listen to those dead pianos, pins stuck in their hearts

Clang tap bell pedal down dead wood chipped and dull dark steel

Rattling and chattering and chilly on a damp November afternoon

On tracks one and two

And twelve and thirteen

On that ribbon spinning and computer colors

Tick tacks on round wire

Spun steel spark on three rail thin lines

See a minor, a little girl

Ask if she would like for instance some fudge

But I didn’t budge, and said I didn’t care

I wanted to sit, and I wanted to stare

Spin steel, tick tack on three little strings made three little rails made one

note clunk

Three rails squeaking and sputtering down the west side

I found a skeleton tooth in the junk drawer and I mean to open the folding

green and white door

And take a late train to my lost love

Faster, hammers!

Faster, hammers!

Chatter down the tracks, you thumb tack smiley skull teeth

Ticking five dollar throwaway pianos past

A late train to my lost love

Listen to those dead pianos, pins stuck in their hearts

Clang tap bell pedal down dead wood chipped and dull dark steel

Rattling and chattering and chilly on a damp November afternoon

On tracks one and two

And twelve and thirteen

On that ribbon spinning and computer colors

Tick tacks on round wire

Spun steel spark on three rail thin lines

Late, by act of Congress and blue all the way to Forest Park

And this ribbon spinning and computer color

Into a public transport for everyone to hear and get on track

And back to my lost love

Faster, hammers!

Faster, hammers!

We’re almost there

Faster, hammers!

We’re almost there

I’d like to tell you a story, kids

But instead I’ll change the subject

Listen to this tune, it sounds like a condolence card

Bought at the last minute for someone you can’t stand

For someone you never liked

And isn’t it cute

La la la…

Listen to this tune I’m playing now, kids

Does it seem sad

Does it remind you of when