| all and all is one thing today | Em D | |
| one good effort made on its way | Em D | |
| to take in a love and pass on a feeling | Cmaj7 D | |
| of heart in chest slowly unpeeling | Cmaj7 D |
| Lilly can take it with a smile and not a frown | G D | |
| in the room where she lives blessed I guess | C D | |
| she wears my favor and shows it around | G D | |
| and in doing so I too get blessed | C D |
| rules explode and we call her mine | ||
| and she has my baby and things are fine | ||
| she can't hold her eyes still or her voice | ||
| the way nooses hold necks still in excellent poise |
| Lilly can take it with a smile and not a frown | ||
| in the room where she lives blessed I guess | ||
| she wears my favor and shows it around | ||
| and in doing so I too get blessed |
| Jug holds a gallon and you hold my arm | C G | |
| and I hold a million in bottle and yarn | C D | |
| and gem isn't sacred when mother has breathed | C G | |
| you know, you told me that | Am D |
| instrumental | over chorus |
| a shark and a dog, now you're laughing | ||
| the dog licks the shark dry in your photographing | ||
| and I lick you dry until you are laughing | ||
| my finger is in your behind |
| I woke up fat and almost unhappy | ||
| but the bigger the laugh the bigger the belly | ||
| and I bellow out and the whole bed it shakes | ||
| and you smile at my laugh as it rocks you awake |