this is a dead letter tale   if I could make this print talk   you made a deep mark/deep mark on me   and only saints say such things as these   so I slid under the floor   under the oak and the iron   with you under oak and iron   under the thick and under the thin   where only fire grows...       I forgot to tell you several things - Ma   I forgot to tell you several things - Ma   I forgot to tell you several things - Ma   I forgot to tell you 'bout the 7 sins       and I spat dead letter words   and all the breath that I own   imprinted one word in red/I read   and only saints say such things as these   about the marks on your throat   under the oak and the iron   under the fat and the thick and the thin   and all of that, and a few 100 more   and only fire grow   I heard the fire grow   alone in the...      I forgot to tell you several things - Ma   I forgot to tell you several things - Ma   I forgot to tell you several things - Ma   I forgot to tell you 'bout the 7 sins   [repeat to end]