Toolbox Baby

from Arbutus Skin Lady by Zoo Riots

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Baby, darling, doll-face, hunny, love of mine.
Why’d you let him treat you so unkind?
This is much more now than you and him combined.
An international dispute this time.

The truth is inconvenient. In his eyes all I read are lies.
What’s slipping from his teeth is much too sweet this time.
He loves you on the phone. Call, nobody’s home.
Grinning cause the record’s broken. It’s getting broken.

So separate yourself now, five degrees at a time.
And show him what it means to burn alive.
He treats you like a tool box baby, your actions well obliged.
How could we ever blame you? Swing your scythe.

The truth is inconvenient. In his eyes all I read are lies.
What’s slipping from his teeth is much too sweet this time.
He loves you on the phone. Call, nobody’s home.
Grinning cause the record’s been broken all along.
Change all your locks and sever your ties.
Good-bye to his siren song lullabies. Scatter your seed.
t’s not him who you need, it’s him who needs you.

Taking your money, eating grapes from your vine, so you don’t stop.
You give too much sunshine, so you don’t stop.
He’s taking your money, eating grapes from your vine so you don’t ever stop. You give too much sunshine so you don’t stop running. Don’t you stop running away.

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from Arbutus Skin Lady, released April 6, 2016

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Zoo Riots Victoria, British Columbia

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Zoo Riots are:

Liam Moes
Kevin McKay
Justin Campbell
Cayman Burke
Liam McLaren

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