2002-12-21 New York, NY | Sidewalk Cafe

Recorded by pattivill:

opening
Paris
interlude
Dusseldorf
interlude
BYOS
interlude
Soho
interlude
One String Blues
interlude
Carbon Monoxide
interlude
20 Years of Snow
interlude
The Flowers
interlude
Music Box
interlude
Chemo Limo
interlude
The Soup
interlude
Samson
closing

BYOS

Written by: regina spektor

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Lyrics (fan transcription):

I met Mata Hari
She was in no hurry
The firing squad had their guns in the air
My invitation said bring your own shovel
I brought my own shovel, BYOS
Bring your own shovel and shovel up the mess

Lately all my friends
clip their teeth with nail clippers
they want them much straighter, much nicer, more even
Well I thought I’d do somehting nasty as well
I brought my own shovel, dug up this here well
then I shuffled my feet and I sniffed at the smells
then I dropped in some horses and dropped in some sheep
then I cuddled up a grandma, put her in there to sleep
then I licked off the envelope, in it I sent all
the bones and the phones and the braids from my hair

Uh-huh…and darling, I’m all shook up now
Uh-huh…baby, I’m all shook up now
Uh-huh…darling I’m all shook up

Bring your own shovel…BYOS…