Woodpecker Lyrics

INTRO:
G G/B (alternate picking)
VERSE 1:
Lovely Mary Sweeney,
the famous window smasher
Was just a quiet school marm - Oh de lay ee ee
from Lacrosse, Wisconsin
VERSE 2:
She took a pinch of cocaine
but only for her nerves
Laudanum for trembling hands,
a little bottle in her purse
CHORUS:
She was a woodpecker,
she couldn't help but see
All the things that hide
inside all the pretty trees
VERSE 3:
At dusk she took a train
just a hammer in her bag
She went from town to town - Oh de lay ee ee
smashing every pane of glass
PRE-CHORUS:
Storefronts, mirrors, windshields
shattered in the night
A hammer through a window's gleam
filled the air with light
CHORUS:
She was a woodpecker,
she couldn't help but free
All the things that hide
inside all the pretty trees
INTERLUDE:
CHORUS:
She was a woodpecker,
she couldn't help but free
All the things that hide
inside all the pretty trees
VERSE 4:
In the state asylum
the windows caged in bars
They soaked her in an ice-cold bath
till she was seeing stars
PRE-CHORUS:
Wrapped up in her straitjacket
her mind still hammered on
Till the glass inside her smashed - Oh de lay ee ee
and she flew off into the trees
CHORUS:
She was a woodpecker,
she couldn't help but see
All the things that hide
inside all the pretty trees
OUTRO:
G G/B (alternate picking)