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Tar Lyrics by Scott Walker

Bish Bosch

2012

[Verse 1]
Flat nose whistle goes up ahead
Up ahead on the El Greco grunt

[Chorus 1]
God creates man and then animals
Bilge!
God creates animals and then man
Jackaroo in the slew
Let its tinnitustic needles sew back shadow

[Verse 2]
She holds a baby made of towels all up ahead
Up ahead on the baleen bronchial

[Chorus 2]
Jacob's offspring in Egypt totalled seventy
Hogwash!
Jacob's offspring in Egypt totalled seventy five
Contritio/Attritio
Let the leashes strain sustain those jaw-joints surging

[Verse 3]
Aw-shucks, aw-gee
The Porter sticks with the Porter's dreams
Shoot to a wing-tip pawing the ground
I wouldn't trust him
Not to dance a drachma across his knuckles
Twenty-seven inches from heel to heel
Lardie, Lardie, Lardie
While every skin is raised
While every eye was grazed

[Verse 4]
Thrushy-tongue lolling up ahead
Up ahead on the sarcomere stump

[Chorus 3]
The women came to the tomb at dawn
Booty chatter!
The women came when the sun had risen
Laps/Relapse
Let this throat's Colombian necktie choke that Franglais

[Verse 5]
Flat nose whistle goes up ahead
Up ahead on the Pilates punk

[Chorus 4]
The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree
GTFO
The righteous shall perish and no man layeth it to heart
I swerved away into the dark

[Outro]
Forty-five inches from heel to heel
Forty-five inches from heel to heel
Forty-five inches from heel to heel
There but for the grace of God goes God

About “Tar” by Scott Walker

Read the complete lyrics to "Tar" by Scott Walker from the album "Bish Bosch" in 2012. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under USA, In English, Avant Garde Metal.

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"Tar" is credited to Scott Walker. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Tar" appears on "Bish Bosch" in 2012.

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