Friendly Grenade Toss

from Ad Astra by Shevy Smith

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You got shrapnel scraps on the kitchen floor
and oil rising up in the reservoir
you're using really big words that you can't back up
back up, back up, baby, back up

You got just enough cash wanna start a war
dead fish washing up on the dirty shore
so you throw'em in the pot just to stir it back up
back up, back up, baby, back up

You toss a grenade and watch everyone scatter
then beg everyone to gather and help clean it up
but I'm sick and I'm tired of stepping on pieces of glass
while you say don't worry baby its all in the past
no no, don't worry baby its all in the past

Well if they wanna be sick well then let'em be poor
oh and slap their hands if they beg for more
cause they're probably buying drugs
with the money in cup
getting jacked up, baby, back up

if I raise your kids and I do your chores
and I mow your grass and I sweep your floors
will you turn your back throw me under the bus
when it backs up, baby, back up

You toss a grenade and watch everyone scatter
then beg everyone to gather and help clean it up
but I'm sick and you just keep talking trash saying
don't worry baby its all in the past
no no, don't worry baby its all in the past

Cause if you toss a grenade
there's bound to be a few issues
bound to be some scar tissue that time won't erase
you just throw fire on my tears after you soak'em in gas
saying don't worry baby its all in the past
no no, don't worry baby its all in the past

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from Ad Astra, released May 1, 2012
Written by Shevy Smith
Produced and Mixed by Mike Bucher
All instruments by Mike Bucher and Shevy Smith

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