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Skinny Finger

from The Free Refill by The Mispronouncer

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1. Perched on a low treebranch like an aye-aye.
Skinny middle finger like something out of sci-fi.
And I don’t know, but some folktales say
That it means you’re gonna die if it aims your way.
Where the tip of the index finger ends
The skinny finger’s intermediate phalanx begins.
Not just skinny, the finger is quite long.
What works in the dark turns stomachs with the lights on.
Pick a padlock with it, slip it through a keyhole.
Pluck hard-to-reach grubs, eat ’em by the treeful.
I’d like to believe it’s fundamentally peaceful.
“Unnerving” is not necessarily “evil.”
A fatal flaw or an ugly asset?
The answer to that isn’t clear as yet.
The skinny finger always demands more than I planned for.
One little waggle and it clears the dance floor.

Chorus: Where do I end and where does it begin? I’m going
Back to the basics like original sin. What am I
Without the skinny finger? What is it without me?
Am I wrapped around it or is it wrapped around me?

2. Highly specialized, limited appeal.
Difficult to explain, difficult to conceal.
There is no denying that it’s tough to love
But it’s even tougher to cover it with a glove.
And it’s tipped with a jagged nail I don’t clip.
When I grip what I wanna grip, I won’t slip.
The odd man out, my hand’s black sheep.
The official finger of creeps and bad sleep.
Thumb, index, skinny finger, ring finger, pinky.
Only one would pop the lifeboat and sink me.
And the folks with five fat fingers might scoff
When every single ring just slides right off.
You can call it spindly or flimsy
But I could never be heavy-handed with a finger this skinny.
If any of my enemies lay a finger on me,
Then I’ll lay one on them and you know which one it’ll be.

Chorus

Bridge: Dry skin stretching thin from knuckle to knuckle.
You think a finger like this must be all kinds of trouble.
I’m ashamed of my pride and I’m proud of my shame
And when I point the skinny finger all the righteous take the blame.

3. Narrow is the finger that leads to exclusion.
I put it to good use and cling to illusion.
I pick my teeth with the thorn in my flesh
Then return it to the gaping gash that it left.
There is no tender moment skinny finger won’t spoil.
Eyes meet, I reach out, she recoils.
I’ve been foiled again, the skinny finger’s at fault
’Cause every soft touch feels like an assault.
And the skinny finger speaks for itself, but I don’t understand.
Someone please interpret for me if you can.
Sometimes I think it’s got a mind of its own.
Like I’ll wake in the night and find it going for my throat.
It’ll grope for your wounds and poke the sutures.
I focus on the present while it probes the future.
There is no telling what a man deserves.
For better or worse I’m blessed with a curse.
Skinny finger.

Chorus (2x)

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from The Free Refill, released August 7, 2011
The Mispronouncer made the beat, wrote the lyrics, and performed the vocals.

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