[Verse 1] Mama put a suit on my name Pinned a badge where my heart used to hang I learned to smile with my mouth full of rain And bow to the judge in the mirrored back room [F] He said, "Baby, read it like scripture" I said, "Baby, it's lipstick on smoke" Six women humming in the corner Spit sugar, spit glass, spit joke [Pre-Chorus] Oh, the gavel swings pretty When the truth is made to dance Oh, the room gets holy When the liars take their chance [Chorus] Wag the gavel, babe Call it a love parade Wag the gavel, babe Truth in a feathered chain (ugly pretty law) Wag the gavel, babe We make the rules behave [Verse 2] I kissed a key under a thornbush moon Watched my shadow learn to crawl My grandmother sold her Sunday shoes For a spell that could crack that wall [F] He wore his sin like a pearl tie pin I wore mine like a second skin If shame is a church, then I been inside With a choir of foxes singing in [Pre-Chorus] Oh, the gavel swings pretty When the truth is made to dance Oh, the room gets holy When the liars take their chance [Chorus] Wag the gavel, babe Call it a love parade Wag the gavel, babe Truth in a feathered chain (ugly pretty law) Wag the gavel, babe We make the rules behave [Bridge] [Half-time] I got a snake in my sleeve, a rose in my mouth A peach with a bruise where the angels fell out If you name my fire, I name your flood We both leave a stain in the old red mud [Chorus] Wag the gavel, babe Call it a love parade Wag the gavel, babe Truth in a feathered chain (ugly pretty law) Wag the gavel, babe We make the rules behave [Outro] Mm, wag it Wag it (ugly pretty law) Wag the gavel, babe
