The Drop

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transcribed from 10/1/92 Roseland

Oh, I worry just about the drop

Oh, I worry just about the drop

‘Cause it’s not the fall that kills you,

but, the sudden stop

Machiavelli ? on the door

the shogun dropped his chopsticks in the bowl

Oh, you might be a pastor, but you never pay the toll

I’m flippin’ from left to right

Oh, I’m flippin’ like a moth tonight

I could never ask your baby,

I’ll wish for you tonight

I’ll wish for you

I worry just about the drop

I worry about the drop

‘Cause it’s not the fall that kills you,

it’s that sudden stop

that sudden stop, now

Is she alligator

Yeah, she’s a crocodile

She got that ancient ?

that’s just hanging out of her smile

When she called you at the keyhole, brother

she knew it all the while

Oh, I worry just about the drop

Oh, I worry (I’m so worried, mama) about the drop

‘Cause it’s not the fall that kills you,

but that sudden stop

Lyrics used by permission