All that I have is this dull paring knife   Peeling potatoes for the rest of my life   Dirt floors make dust so I hope for the best   I carry candies with pains in my chest      Face tied together with three times used string   Follow me see what I mean      Fixing a fencepost or feeding a cow   Two penny salt lick I never ask how   Animals like me though folks turn away   I like the pigeons I like what they say      Face tied together with three times used string   Follow me see what I mean      We come alone and leave alone and we look the horse in the mouth   We scratch the skin and break the bone and see birds migrating south      By the side of the stump where she told us these things   If you hear a bell ring you get some wings   Don't bother looking for what I've neglected to bring      By the side of the stump where she told us these things   If you hear a bell ring you get some wings   She's fallen farther than feathers that float in the wind      I saw a wishing well down by the stream   I never understood what wishes mean   Just ask for nothing you get what you get   I asked for something I've not got it yet      Face tied together with three times used string   Follow me see what I mean      We come alone and leave alone and we look the horse in the mouth   We scratch the skin and break the bone and see birds migrating south      By the side of the stump where she told us these things   If you hear a bell ring you get some wings   Don't bother looking for what I've neglected to bring      By the side of the stump where she told us these things   If you hear a bell ring you get some wings   She's fallen farther than feathers that float in the wind