Devendra Banhart
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Long-haired Child

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Long-haired Child

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Maybe when it's day, it's cold, and I know for certain

When I go outside my head will start hurtin

It's a winter's day and I know for certain

When I go outside my head will start hurtin

So I'll wrap it up in materials

To keep my head from getting cold

I'll wrap it up in materials to

To keep my head from getting cold

And I said to all my friends when I have kids

Yeah I said to all my friends when I have kids

I'm gonna want that child to be a long-haired child

I'm gonna want that child to be a long-haired child

I'm gonna want the child to be a long-haired child

I'm gonna want the child to be a long-haired child

And I go outside and mingle in the snow

My head looks like a globe

Ain't no hair on it at all

Do I buy a wig?

Should I grow my beard

And comb it upwards

And around my ears?

Well I can't wait for the kids to come

No I can't wait for the kids to come

Say, "Hey, babe, you ain't going to no barber shop!"

'Cause I want, yeah, I want I know for certain

I want the child to be a long-haired child

I'm gonna want the child to be a long-haired child

I'm gonna want the child to be a long-haired child

I'm gonna want the child to be a long-haired child

Baby, that's for sure, baby, that's for sure

And when the snow it hits my temple

I wanna rush home and put on the kettle now

And warm my little brain and bald head

I'm too cold to know if I'm alive or dead

But when my baby slips out my mama's womb

When my baby slips out my mama's womb

We're gonna enter a new life

Enter a new life, that's for sure

You're gonna enter your self back through your baby's front door

Now if you want that child to be a long-haired child

You're gonna make that baby be a long-haired child that's for sure

Baby, baby, that's for sure

Shoo bop, shoo bop

Shoo bop, shoo bop

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