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Artist: Iron & Wine
Canonical path: /iron-wine/serpent-charmer
Related lyric paths: 6
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Serpent Charmer
Read Serpent Charmer lyrics by Iron & Wine on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Serpent Charmer
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There's a woman here with a broken record player
And a dusty compass off to map the country's new behavior
Strange words that we hold on back into the river
Brave boys in the empty coats of men
There's a kitchen timer, distractions and reminders
Rolly-pollies started crawling across your family's china
Strange words that we hold on back into the river
Dead dogs on the winter night again
There's a serpent charmer, pair of shoes and wander
Speeding ticket, you're not leaving that last land of slaughter
Strange words that we hold on back into the river
Good girls come and kick you in the shin
There's a hopeful hunter that has a sense of wonder
And leaving claw marks on the rock he hid his money under
Strange words that we hold on back into the river
And made men only want to live again
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Iron & Wine performs "Serpent Charmer", and this lyric page sits inside the Iron & Wine catalog on LyroVerse.
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