[Intro] Hear that tick In the sycamore bones That’s the woods And the living on the run She stepped off the post In a stitched black dress Female scarecrow smilin’ With a mouth full of mess [Verse 1] Miss Straw hit the treeline Hem full of wheat Button-black eyes And a heart that don’t beat The living came after Breath foggin’ the night Farm boys and mothers And a preacher in white A girl with real blood Clutchin’ Miss Straw’s sleeve Said “they’re in the branches” Miss Straw said “then leave” [Pre-Chorus] Bats in her hairnet Crows in her train Living lungs burnin’ She don’t feel the pain Don’t ask if she’s mercy Don’t ask if she’s mean She’s the empty coat Leadin’ flesh through a dream [Chorus] Run, livin’, run She’s already gone ahead Female scarecrow dancin’ Where the warm ones dread Woods want a heartbeat Woods want a name She ain’t got either That’s why she leads the game Miss Straw in the moonlight Straw comin’ undone All the living follow The girl who don’t run from none [Verse 2] Tin lantern swingin’ From a living man’s fist He prays like a debtor She laughs through the mist “Keep your saints, darling They don’t walk this ground I was built for the dark You’re just passin’ through town” A child trips twice She lifts him by the coat Leaves a handful of harvest In the living one’s throat [Pre-Chorus] Owl on her shoulder Worm in her glove Living folks cryin’ For a god and a love She don’t sell neither She sells a way through “Hold my rag fingers That’s the best I can do” [Chorus] Run, livin’, run She’s already gone ahead Female scarecrow dancin’ Where the warm ones dread Woods want a heartbeat Woods want a name She ain’t got either That’s why she leads the game Miss Straw in the moonlight Straw comin’ undone All the living follow The girl who don’t run from none [Bridge] They called her a warning They stuffed her with lies Said a woman of straw Can’t carry their lives Then the nightmare opened And the warm blood froze And the only one smilin’ Was the girl with no soul Keep up, you livin’ Keep breathin’, keep pace I’m the dead thing savin’ Your sweet livin’ face [Verse 3] Clearing like a chapel Fog for a floor The living collapse She still wants more Counts every pulse That made it this far Buttons don’t blink But they know what they are Some of the living Look back at the trees Miss Straw tips her brim “That ain’t your country” [Chorus] Run, livin’, run She’s already gone ahead Female scarecrow dancin’ Where the warm ones dread Woods want a heartbeat Woods want a name She ain’t got either That’s why she leads the game Miss Straw in the moonlight Straw comin’ undone All the living follow The girl who don’t run from none [Outro] Stitched black dress Wheat on the wind She walked ’em through hell With a scarecrow grin The living still shakin’ She just rights her seam “You’re welcome, warm blood Now get out of my dream”
