St. Claire of Cedar Rapids
Probably Written by Matthew Grimm
Performed by The Hangdogs
Beware of Dog album
Intro G D C C
Verse:
She
plays guitar in Czech town open
mic nights at the tavern
Sings
country songs that no ones heard since 40 years
ago
She
smiles back at the awestruck boys who
stare up from the darkness
Shell
even smile some later when she
tells em thank you
no
She
married him at 24 in
1987
Separ
ated by
89
Aw
hell she says, it wasnt really
even him no more
Still she
drives to Independence just to
visit him some
times
Chorus:
St.
Claire of cedar rapids
only does what anybody
would
Does any
body walk this
earth in angels
grace
St.
Claire of cedar rapids
Id come unto you upon my
knees
If
only you would
kiss my sins
away
Verse:
She
walks to work alone each
day down by the river
She
tells herself a poem she once read or maybe
wrote
To
say that all the birds and bugs stop
chirpin just to listen
As
if it were a song sung by an
angel flyin
low
Works a
job for the insurance says she
wont quit or divorce him
Till the
state says he donT
need it anymore
Some nights after just enough
Old Weller she might tell you
She
wonders what the hell god put her
on this planet
for
Repeat chorus
