C-Sections And Railway Trestles

By The Avett Brothers

Guitar

Ukulele

Interlude

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G/A

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G/C

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Verse 1

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You're long and strong like a

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railway trestle

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Dad's just a muscle and

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mama just a vessel

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Meant to call, fawn over,

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nuzzle and nestle

But

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Dad's just a bear you can

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tackle down and wrestle

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Son, give me time I'm a

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bona fide mess'll

If

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Mama says no; maybe

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Dad'll say yes'll

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Did you do wrong? Well

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go ahead confess'll

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Dad just a muscle and

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mama just a vessel

Verse 2

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You all blue and your

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mama like a rattle

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Came out looking like a

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Smurf in a battle

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Me in the nosebleeds,

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Mama in the saddle

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Brave like a Sioux brave

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going into battle

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Emotion going like a

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stampede of cattle

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Real like rain and

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coffee in Seattle

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Anesthesiologist

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fiddle and faddle

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You all blue and your

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mama like a rattle

Interlude *

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G/A

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Verse 3

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Oh life's so clear like a

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Rivera mural

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Lucifer's teeth,

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introduce the epidural

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Doctor Jones, do you need a

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heaven referral?

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God sent you down to

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me and my girl

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She's long and tall and

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healthy as hell

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But the plan went to hell when the

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little fella fell

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Boy went headfirst

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into her pelvis

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Nineteen fifty-six

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shakin' like Elvis

Verse 4

Oh,

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Yesterday-born and

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already thinkin'

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Body like a Ford and a

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mind like a Lincoln

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Mama and Papa in

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love and sinkin'

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Into a brand new

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situation drinkin' up

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Coffee like a fish on the

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second and third shift

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Loving every single ever-

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loving minute of this

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Standing ovation for the

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OR specialist

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Let me get close, wanna

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give my son one kiss, on his head

Interlude *

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Verse 5

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Planning for the future;

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health and dental

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Picking up my baby boy,

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easy and gentle

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Soup for the family:

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sausage and lentil

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Beans and greens,

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arugula and fentel

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Don't never sleep, I'm a

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bout to go mental

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But nothing so far has

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been accidental

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Can't keep my life so it's

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gotta be a rental

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Picking up my baby boy,

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easy and gentle

Verse 6

Oh,

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you're long and strong like a

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railway trestle

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Dad's just a muscle and

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mama just a vessel

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Meant to call, fawn over,

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nuzzle and nestle

But

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Dad's just a bear you can

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tackle down and wrestle

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You can have a pop-tent or

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you can have a castle

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Try to change people but it's

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gonna be a hassle

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Don't have to be an astronaut for

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NASA

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But it's always good to get a

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gown and a tassel

Outro

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Son, have fun with your

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life it's a drama

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Just one period and

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all kinds of commas

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Now you got a onesie but

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then you get pajamas

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You know you've got me and you

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know you've got your mama

Interlude *

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G/A

G/B

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