[INTRO — xylophone, boots, table knock] Tap that glass Count those teeth Save your judgment For underneath [VERSE 1] Old Jack laughed with a busted lip Somebody dealt, somebody slipped Chair went over, bottle went down Morning found one less man in town Don't ask the dirt It takes no side Just shuts its mouth And lets you lie [PRE-CHORUS] Oh, we were mean Oh, we were loud Had our bad nights Like a respectable crowd [CHORUS] BONE BALLAD BLASPHEMY Rattle me something sweet Play my sins on the xylophone And keep a crooked beat BONE BALLAD BLASPHEMY Raise what you got to raise I ain't asking for forgiveness Just don't bury me one way [VERSE 2] Mabel kept one eye on the door Never trusted a soul past four Loved too hard, swung too fast Made one ugly minute last Now somebody's polished version Gets carved above her head Funny how everybody's certain Once everybody's dead [CHORUS] BONE BALLAD BLASPHEMY Rattle me something sweet Play my sins on the xylophone And keep a crooked beat We drank, we fought We loved badly too If one night tells the whole damn tale— God help you. [BRIDGE — stomps, claps, voice nearly laughing] Here's to the angry! Here's to the scared! Here's to the bastard Who almost cared! Here's to suspicion, Bad blood and gin— Don't make us saints. Just let us back in. [FINAL CHORUS] BONE BALLAD BLASPHEMY Bang on the table, boys Let every badly buried fool Come make a little noise No halos here No innocence claimed Just don't confuse how somebody died With everything they became [OUTRO — xylophone alone] Tap that glass Count those teeth... Leave a little dirt Between truth and belief.
