Nails for Breakfast, Tacks for Snacks

Watch your mouth, because your speech is slurred enough
That you just might swallow your tongue.
I'm sure you'd want to give up the ghost
With just a little more poise than that
Or was it god who chokes in these situations?
Running late?
Oh no, he called in.
Or was it god who chokes in these situations?
Running late?
Oh no, he called in.

The hospice is a relaxing weekend getaway
Where you're a cut above all the rest sick and sad patient
On first name basis with all the top physicians

Prescribe pills to offset the shakes
To offset the pills you know you should
Take it a day at a time

That's when you stutter something profound to the support on the line
And with the way you've been talking
Every word gets you a step closer to hell
That's when you stutter something profound to the support on the line
And with the way you've been talking
Every word gets you a step closer to hell

Prescribe pills to offset the shakes
To offset the pills you know you should
Take it a day at a time
Prescribe pills to offset the shakes
To offset the pills you know you should
Take it a day at a time

I am alone in this bed, house, and head.
She never fixes this but at least she
I am alone in this bed.
She never fixes this but at least she

Prescribe pills to offset the shakes
To offset the pills you know you should
Take it a day at a time
Prescribe pills to offset the shakes
To offset the pills you know you should
Take it a day at a time

The hospice is a relaxing weekend getaway
Where you're a cut above all the rest sick and sad patient
On first name basis with all the top physicians