Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Vic Chesnutt
Canonical path: /vic-chesnutt/thumbtack
Related lyric paths: 6
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Thumbtack
Read Thumbtack lyrics by Vic Chesnutt on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Thumbtack
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Take a lightbulb from the closet
Replace the one above the faucet
Scrape the whiskers from my face
Nick my lip in pointless haste
Take a magicmarker black
Darken a spot on the map
Of a county on the coast
Where i was born out of a ghost
Underneath a ceiling fan
Contemplate a master plan
Breathe a sigh of recognition
For a childhood superstition
Push a thumbtack in the wall
Pierce the picture i did draw
It's a graphic portrait from my youth
It hurts my heart this forced review
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Vic Chesnutt performs "Thumbtack", and this lyric page sits inside the Vic Chesnutt catalog on LyroVerse.
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