The Collar And The Garter letra

he speaks as sweetly as he can
but words do not enthrall her
they dance around the washing-pan
the collar and the garter

he tartly starts up repartee
but her retorts are smarter
she will not name a wedding day
the garter and the collar

so to and fro, and so they dance
the collar and the garter

he swears, if he should lose his love
then love will gain a martyr
they part, and that's the story of
the garter and the collar

he keeps his braggadocio
through years of fall and squalor
and toasts the maid who loved him so
the collar and the garter

Stephin Merritt - Letras

• All I Want To Know
• All Of This I Give You...
• And He Would Say...
• At Madam Plum's
• Auntie Toothache
• Barbarians
• Behold The Lowly Centipede
• Come Away With Me Now
• Dreams Anymore
• Fan Dance Cha-Cha
• Hail! Son Of Heaven
• Han Jue Sings A Lullaby
• Has The World Gone Insane?
• Heather Heather
• I Am Ma Shih-Ying
• I Am Yang Long You
• I Am Yuen Da-Cheng
• I'm In A Lonely Way
• In China, Said The Moon...
• In The Almsyard
• In The Spring, When I Was Young
• In This Rain...
• It's Hard To Be The Emperor
• Little Clouds Go By
• Maria Maria Maria
• Odious Odense
• One April Day
• One Little Flower More Or Less
• Poppyland
• Shall We Sing A Duet?
• Some Summer Day
• Sorry, Wrong Show
• Sounds Expensive
• Stray With Me
• The Ballad Of The Snow Queen
• The Collar And The Garter
• The Little Hebrew Girl
• The Little Maiden Of The Sea
• The Little Matchstick Girl
• The Man In The Purple Dashed Out Of The Castle
• The Man Of A Million Faces
• The Menu
• The Red Shoes
• The Song Of The Assassin
• The Song Of The Humble Serf
• The Storks
• The Story Of The Mother
• The Story So Far
• The Top And The Ball
• The Ugly Little Duck
• The View From Above
• The World Is Not Made Of Flowers
• This Is Hou Fang Yu
• This Is Shiang-Jun
• This Is Shih Ko-Fa
• This Little Ukulele
• Tiny Flying Player Pianos
• Ukulele Me!
• Water Torture
• What A Fucking Lovely Day!