Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Stephin Merritt
Canonical path: /stephin-merritt/the-menu
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Menu
Read The Menu lyrics by Stephin Merritt on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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The Menu
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I criss-cross this wide world for a single flower...
Pussy Willow can go and go.
Black-Eyed Susan: bruise but don't burn.
Poison Ivy could take a tree.
Obviously, Five Finger Fern, um...
Narcissus folds in unusual ways.
Jack-in-the-Pulpit bends.
You give the orders and Catnip obeys.
Lily-of-the-Nile waters her friends...
um... African Violet does tricks with her tongue.
Venus Fly Trap is... tight.
Honeysuckle is especially young.
All are not free, but they're free for the night.
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Stephin Merritt performs "The Menu", and this lyric page sits inside the Stephin Merritt catalog on LyroVerse.
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