[Intro: Husky low-register female MC, low over the dusty riff] Truck in the gravel, hook on the seat A hundred and six on the asphalt heat [Verse 1: Husky low-register female MC, slow and cold on the kick] Name is Dell, I catch snakes, been doing it for twelve I've pulled 'em out of toilets and from underneath a shelf Phone rings Tuesday and a woman's voice is low Says a rattler's by the back steps and he isn't gonna go I pull up to the house and the husband does the talking Big man, loud man, every sentence like he's knocking "Get that motherfucker out, I pay my fucking taxes" His wife is in the doorway in a sweater, and it's August Long sleeves in the oven of a desert afternoon And she jumps when the screen door slaps the frame too soon [Hook: Husky low-register female MC] I come when you call with a hook and a sack I take what bites and I don't bring it back Ma'am, I catch snakes for a living, it's the only thing I do And I know one when I see one, and I'm looking at one too [Verse 2: Husky low-register female MC, the riff gets meaner] Diamondback, five foot, curled up in the shade He's more scared of us than anybody ever made One minute with the hook and he's hanging in the bag Husband's laughing at me like I'm something he could brag Says "That's a lady's job? A lady with a stick?" I say "Sir, the dangerous ones are never all that quick" "They wait in the cool, they smile at the door They only bite at home where nobody keeps score" He doesn't get it, but she does, I see it in her eyes She's been living with a rattle that is shaking every night [Hook: Husky low-register female MC] I come when you call with a hook and a sack I take what bites and I don't bring it back Ma'am, I catch snakes for a living, it's the only thing I do And I know one when I see one, and I'm looking at one too [Bridge: Husky low-register female MC, rattle, a rattlesnake rattle shakes in place of the hats] I hand her a card with my number in pen Any snake, any hour, I'll come out again Any size, any kind, any room in the place She folds it in her sleeve and she never moves her face [Verse 3: Husky low-register female MC, harder, the full beat back] Two weeks later it's two in the morning on the dot Same voice, lower, "Dell, you said whatever I got" I don't bring the hook, I bring a full tank and a spare She's on the curb with two kids and the clothes that they could wear Drove 'em two towns over to a place with a gate Where the walls don't flinch and the doors don't wait He called the shop on Monday and he asked me where she went I said "Relocated, sir, and that's the way it's meant" I let 'em go where they can't bite back, that's the rule I keep You turn a snake loose far away, and then you let it sleep [Hook: Husky low-register female MC] I come when you call with a hook and a sack I take what bites and I don't bring it back Ma'am, I catch snakes for a living, it's the only thing I do And I know one when I see one, and I'm looking at one too [End]
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