A
She swings a string of pearls on the corner
E
The street lights reflect the light in the water
D
The string it snaps and the pearls go sailing
E
And they splash and bounce and roll cross the wet street
A
As she bends to chase the pearls a car swings round the corner
E
She darts from the eyes of the panic-struck driver
D
Who's racing to the delivery room
E
'cause in the back seat his wife is busting out of her womb
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And the sack breaks and out come the siamese twins
E
Who grow up to become the first president
D
With two heads
E
Are better than one
A
He puts his heads in his hands, says I got to put my heads together
E
I can become the best president ever
D
And not just president
E
Fend for yourself
A E
Signs his name, takes the blame for all of the names with no shame
D
In their beliefs they adjourn and they leave
E
And in walks a man with a broom and a knife and blood on his hands
A D
And he sweeps everything under the rug
E
And goes home to his kids and gives them a hug
D
But his wife was not there, she had just left a letter
E
That said youd be much better off without me
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Now his wife took the train to her ex-lovers funeral
E
Who died in the bathroom, hit his head on a urinal
D
When they got together, the knowledge was carnal
E
And the widow was at the funeral, and they had quite a catfight
A D
And they fell into the hole where the casket was resting
E
And the preacher just left in the middle of the service
D
cause death was one thing, but women made him nervous
E
And he ran to his car and he drove round the corner
A
Then something in the street caught the light in his eye
E D
He pulled over, reached down, and picked up a pearl from the gutter
And he didn't know what to think
E
And he brought it home and washed it in the sink
A
And he gave the pearl to Sister Mary Theresa
E
Who could not accept it so she gave it to Lisa,
D
A young prostitute who was missing a pearl
E
On the necklace that broke late last night
