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"Hook In Her Head"
(written by Kristin Hersh)

Certain things I love
Spend my time
I guess I'll have to unhook those hooks...
This woman literally
Felt she had a hook in her head
Ahh...
Rip it up, live it down, make it big,
keep it clean, shake it off
Rip it up, live it down, make it big,
keep it clean, shake it off
Take him home, take it off, do him good,
keep it up, shake it off
Well he's a fuckin drag but if you don't 
then you'll watch him go
If you can you see it home
You get strong
And when you die, it's a shame
But your old life stays the same
She has a hook in her head
She has a hook in her head
Ahh...
I saw this lady close her eyes
The bottle slipped between her fingers
and slid along the isle
If I were a man I'd have a gun
But I'm so bone tired
I'm so bone tired, I'm old...
I watch the snow make slow time
I watch the snow make slow time,
I watch the snow...
I'm so bone tired
I'm so bone tired, I'm old...
I watch the snow make slow time
I watch the snow make slow time,
I watch the snow...
Cover up the bottle
So I can slip between
I will read the label from underneath
I will wear the circle in my sleep

APPEARS ON:
- The Real Ramona, 1991
- The Season Sessions: Winter, 2010

WORDS FROM KRISTIN:
- "I wrote this song when I was a teenager and I saw a lady die on a bus. So it's a happy song. She drank a bottle of something and then just, kind of went to sleep. Didn't get up. It was the first dead body I ever saw."

Don't worry, dance in the road.