Mr. Bitterness - Mike Doughty

There is a bar they call «The Bitter Sea»

And she sits and drinks a Velvet Crush

And that’s Kool-Aid and gin

Casing the clientele like a relentless cameraman

She is elsewhere

She says, «You keep a-knockin', but you can’t come in»

And I say, «Little sister, don’t you do what your big sister does»

Spiral down, down, down, down, down, down, down

Spiral down, down, down, down, down, down, down

Well, desire looks just like you with an Uzi 9

Gun down fifteen bystanders in a roadside drive-by, yeah

Desire is the grass fire, drinking gasoline

She says, «Open up your mouth, man, let me come inside»

Spiral down, down, down, down, down, down, down

Spiral down, down, down, down, down, down, down

She cracked now

Now they call me Mr. Bitterness

She snapped now

Now they call me Mr. Bitterness

She gone, gone, gone

Leaning up against the wall

I will lash out dancing like a madman when you’re gone

I will spit the blue flame and hurl my glass against the wall

And I will hear your name called out from a boom box

I will hear your name called out from passing cars

Spiral down, down, down, down, down, down, down

Spiral down, down, down, down, down, down, down

She cracked now

Now they call me Mr. Bitterness

She snapped now

Now they call me Mr. Bitterness

She gone, gone, gone

Spiral down, down, down, down, down, down, down

Spiral down, down, down, down, down, down, down

Spiral down, down, down, down, down, down

Down, down, down, down, down

Down, down, down, down, down

Now they call me Mr. Bitterness

Now they call me Mr. Bitterness

Mister

Now they call me Mister

Now they call me Mister

Now they call me Mister

Now they call me Mister

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