Teach Me Sweetheart - The Fiery Furnaces

Come away;

Teach me, sweetheart

Come on past

Brave young bachelors

I’m alone;

Teach me, sweetheart

My mother in law was standing by the stove

Hissing like a snake, hissing like a snake

Hissing like a snake

She gave orders to spill my blood;

She gave orders

To spill my blood, I thought

I thought, I thought, and I thought some more

Come away;

Teach me, sweetheart

Come on past

Brave young bachelors

I’m alone;

Teach me, sweetheart

My father in law was lying on his bed

Growling like a dog, growling like a do

Growling like a dog

My mother in law was standing by the stove

Hissing like a snake, hissing like a snake

Hissing like a snake

He gave orders to spill my blood;

He gave orders

To spill my blood, I thought

I thought, I thought, and I thought some more

Come away;

Teach me, sweetheart

Come on past

Brave young bachelors

I’m alone;

Teach me, sweetheart

My sister in law was sitting on her stoop

Crawing like a crow, crawing like a crow

Crawing like a crow

She gave orders to spill my blood;

She gave orders

To spill my blood, I thought

I thought, I thought, and I thought some more

Come away;

Teach me, sweetheart

Come on past

Brave young bachelors

I’m alone;

Teach me, sweetheart

My brother in law was leaning on the love-seat

Tapping with his tail, tapping with his tail

Purring like a cat

He gave orders to spill my blood;

He gave orders

To spill my blood, I thought