Outtake from "When the River Meets the Sea" recordings, with Session Americana (2008)
lyrics
When I was a child, a child, a child
I believed in Santa Claus
And that there was a wild, a wild, a wild
creature in the cornfield
And we lived a mile, a mile, a mile
from the first convenience store
So I learned to snack, to snack on
stolen ears of corn
Oh, be careful, oh,
Be careful what
you put in your mouth
My baby, oh, be careful, oh,
Be careful what
you put in your mouth
My baby, oh!
Then I was a teenager
just like any other one
And no one knew if I was gonna
be a girl or be a boy
I know that you know this story
but I bet you didn’t know
It started with a wild, a wild, a wild
creature in the cornfield
Oh, be careful, oh,
Be careful what
you put in your mouth
My baby, oh, be careful, oh,
Be careful what
you put in your mouth
My baby, oh!
maybe I should run
maybe I should run
maybe I should run away with my history
be careful what comes out of your mouth
Now I am a wild, a wild, a wild
creature on the hide-a-bed
Now I am a modern woman
sleeping with the arrowhead
Oh, be careful, oh,
Be careful what
you put in your mouth
My baby, oh, be careful, oh,
Be careful what
you put in your mouth
My baby, oh
credits
from Cornfield E.P.,
released September 15, 2020
Rose Polenzani: Wurlitzer, Vocals
Jennifer Kimball: Vocals
Jordan Caress: Vocals
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