The Tooth

Tie the tooth onto the string and to the door

I can't have it in my mouth no more

Grit 'em good and slam it closed

My face is rushing to meet the floor

Lost some days there, what a terrible shame

The kind of loss I can no longer sustain

I'll burn the bridges from end to other end

She will never be as small as this again

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do

Oh my goodness what a terrible fright

My teeth fell out in my sleep last night

They're all echoes of the princess's reign

I swore I'd never let this happen again

And yet

It's just a splinter I am loath to protest

Death by a million skelfs is still death

Scoundrels and spacemen wasting too much of my breath

I had air to spare but I don't have any left for you

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do

Sure as 1+1+1 is 2

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do

I worked myself to the bone for you

I tried to help you the best I could

BUT I FAILED!

My mother crying on the bedroom floor

And I am only but twelve years old

There is crystalised in me a role

The lead setting in the mould

Scoundrel, Spaceman and the Princess of Pain

Each one distinct yet one and the same

Under my wing it burns again and again

Because I can't reach into the past and soothe my mother's pain

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do

I'll work myself to the bone for you

I will guide you the way I know I should

I WON'T FAIL!

This time it's my job

Tie it to the tooth, tie it to the door

Tie it to the tooth, tie it to the door

Tie it to the tooth, tie it to the door

Grit em good and slam it closed

Tie it to the tooth, tie it to the door

Tie it to the tooth, tie it to the door

Tie it to the tooth, tie it to the door

Grit em good and slam it closed