Baby Gots Venom

Song: Baby Gots Venom

Album: Lesser Restoration

Artist: Toussaint Morrison

Written by: Toussaint Morrison

Released March 10, 2017

ref: https://open.spotify.com/album/2GXxP1jw8K59NFwqxTeFkf

Packed up the bottle, burned another down

It’s time to see if my luck is any better in the next town

Scorned my lover, I wouldn’t let her in

I got these walls that I built long ago, and they’re thick

I’m an exit. Moments flow through me.

Nobody’s tool except my heart when it’s pulling

I tried to cut it out once, but I couldn’t find a blade

Sharp enough to cut through the walls I already made

There’s no trouble in the discomfort of the act

It’s the comfort in not lettin’ you love me back

The fear of givin’ you a world you no longer want

A world that celebrates the light as much as the dark

My past sits with me most mornings at the breakfast table

Next to an empty chair that sits next to Banquo

That sits next to the idea you can only dream careful

When sittin’ next to your worst fears and people you won’t let go

I don’t know who I am

Can’t expect you to know better

But if ya can, hold my hand

While I’m out here tryin’ to get there

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Chorus

When in doubt, don’t try to figure me out

My past’ll make ya momma run for the hills

Trust when the gravity hits ya, I’ll be right there to lift ya

I can take fire without givin’ hell

So long to that stranger ya knew

Salam to the new night

So long to your red, white and blue

Salam to the good fight

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Finished the bottle, let another burn

Right now, I’m good. I’ll figure out my luck in the next world

My lover’s gone. The scorn was too much

For her to understand scorn goes hand in hand with love

And I’m no yoga in the park

I’ll take your ideals out for a good swing dance in the dark

Y’see, light’s an illusion: She’s deadly and gorgeous

So, now I only take direction from the local blind swordsman

If blood can coexist with the poison in my veins

Then there’s no wall that can’t be given a door frame

I keep it locked, not to keep you out.

Momma told me not to let a viper in the house

Baby gots venom, I’m still her huckleberry

It’s the vanity that makes this samurai wary

The jagged parts of my life are the only parts that I got

And they’ve made good for buildin’ a city around the heart

You wanna be right and get what you want

Ya wanna sure thing and a pleasant surprise

I can’t promise it all, but I’ll give ya good love

And a full heart cos you the Triforce of my eye

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Chorus

When in doubt, don’t try to figure me out

My past’ll make ya daddy grab his pistol

Trust when the gravity hits ya, I’ll be right there to lift ya

I can take fire without givin’ hell

So long to that stranger ya knew

Salam to the new night

So long to your red, white and blue

Salam to the good fight