The Girl From The Grammar Police

from The Beginner's Guide To Birds ( 2 0 0 3 - 2 0 1 8 ) by Painkiller The Pigeon

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Written & recorded in the back bedroom at the Damen & Division apartment, Chicago IL on November 18, 2004
Soft Moog and final mix in Saint Paul MN on July 11, 2015

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Well, I fell in love with the girl from the grammar police
Correction's her job and her joy and it puts her at ease
But as for me?
Well, I've never been one to take words that seriously
A winsome smile and wink always worked for me
But now I'm gonna have to try
For the girl of my dreams

'Cause could there ever be a more excellent sight
Than the lovely legs of a grammar girl in neon light?
She's very bright!

Well, what can I say to a girl from the grammar police?
Her cold morphologist's eye is always roving on me
But as for she
She breaks her thoughts into perfect sets
Broken down into exes and effs
With all these nine dollar words I know I'll never get

And no I don't know the difference between which and whether
But she always seems to be right at the end of her tether
She's very clever!

Would it help at all if I opened up the dictionary?
And tried to memorize your labyrinthine vocabulary?
You're really scary

Well, I think it's clear that all her rules are far beyond me
And I'll never grasp the principles of the grammar police
And it hurts alright
'Cause she's a real figure of speech
(The girl from the grammar police)...

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from The Beginner's Guide To Birds ( 2 0 0 3 - 2 0 1 8 ), released December 4, 2020

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