When She Plays the Toy Piano - The Magnetic Fields

When she plays the toy piano

Woodland animals come round

Woodland birds sit on her shoulder

Wonderin' how she makes that sound

When she plays the toy piano

With her

She’s a wonder, we all love her

But it doesn’t pay the bills

She should sell that toy piano

Move to town, and get a job

Buy a studio apartment

Settle down and marry Bob

When one plays the toy piano

It drowns out the slithering time

But it’s oozing up the stairs now

And she hasn’t got a dime

When she plays the toy piano

She is ransoming her youth

Like a

In an isolation booth

When she plays the toy piano

When she makes her so-called art

She defiles her poppa’s tombstone

She is breaking momma’s heart

She is breaking, breaking, breaking momma’s heart

She is breaking, breaking, breaking momma’s heart

She is breaking, breaking, breaking momma’s heart

She is breaking, breaking, breaking momma’s heart