Flinty kind of woman
Dar Williams Lyrics
Flinty kind of woman by Dar Williams
It's a small town life and I like itÂ
'Cause the bad don't get in your wayÂ
There's an angry God gonna strike itÂ
Yeah, that's what we pay him for, that's why we prayÂ
Well I guess the angry God he was a-fishingÂ
When Molly called me up with the newsÂ
Within the space of a weekÂ
Yeah, a pervert or a sex freakÂ
Let the kids take a peekÂ
That's more than a little cheekÂ
No pun intendedÂ
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Going east of Mississippi got a flinty kind of womanÂ
And you don't act smart and you don't touch my childrenÂ
If the young man wants to see the sun go downÂ
Well there was no time fooling with the triflesÂ
So there was no use in telling the menÂ
They would just go running for their riflesÂ
And then once you got him couldn't get him againÂ
So Peg got a bolt of fishing tackleÂ
And Marge got her gardening clipsÂ
And Sally LaBiche put her hound on a leashÂ
And the timer on the quiche, she's kind of nouveau richeÂ
But we like herÂ
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Going east of Mississippi got a flinty kind of womanÂ
And you don't act fresh and you don't touch my childrenÂ
If the young man wants to see the sun go downÂ
It was the kids who spotted him a runningÂ
As we drove through the harbor fogÂ
And that's when we got our engines gunningÂ
'Cause we knew he was headed for the cranberry bogÂ
We got our hip-high rubber boots strapped onÂ
And Molly got the big flashlights outÂ
And by the "Welcome to New England" signÂ
Got him with the fishing lineÂ
In the dark smell of brineÂ
Betty said "This one is mine."Â
She is ruthlessÂ
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Going east of Mississippi got a flinty kind of womanÂ
And you just say no and you don't touch my childrenÂ
If the young man wants to see the sun go downÂ
Well we didn't have to drag him and a-jail himÂ
'Cause you don't have to take it so farÂ
When your roots go back to Old SalemÂ
And you've got a local chapter of the DARÂ
Now I don't go tooting on my lobstersÂ
'Cause your pride doesn't go with your plaidÂ
But it's a victory won and it couldn't be doneÂ
By the hippy-dippy flaky-shaky fun-in-the-sunÂ
Braless wondersÂ
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Going east of Mississippi got a flinty kind of womanÂ
And you know your place and you don't touch my childrenÂ
If the young man wants to see the sun go downÂ
If the young man wants to see the sun go downÂ
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