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2013 · From the album Modern Vampires of the City

Finger Back

by Vampire Weekend

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03 · Lyrics

"Finger Back"

Bend my finger back (snap)

Wrap it in a paper towel

Break a twig in half and set it straight

Hit me with a wood bat

Hit me with a canister that's fired while

The soldiers drive away

Bend my finger back (snap)

On and on and on and on for days

Hit me with a wood bat

Hit me like a Yankee, like a son of

Freedom, never had a slave

It's etiquette, you idiot

Spend time behind the line

Show sympathy to LA where the sun don't ever shine

Everybody wants you, but baby you are mine

And baby you're not anybody's fool

Bless me with a heart attack

A real cries cardiac

And show me where to find the

Surgeon's knife

Eviscerate me now (hack)

Take me to my punishment?

The punishment I needed all my life

Bend my finger back (snap)

On and on and on and on with strife

Listen to my bum rap

Listen to the evidence exonerating me from

Being right

It's etiquette, you idiot

Spend time behind the line

Show sympathy to LA where the sun don't

Ever shine

Everybody wants you, but baby you are mine

Baby you're not anybody's fool

You know that I've been wicked and the

Road to hell is wide

Cursed by curiosity that made

Us go inside

Everyone was charming but we took 'em for a ride

Baby, you're not anybody's fool

Bend my finger back (snap)

Wrap it in a paper towel

Break a twig in half and set it straight

Hit me with a wood bat

Hit me with a canister that's fired while

The soldiers drive away

Bend my finger back (snap)

On and on and on and on for days

Hit me with a wood bat

Hit me like a Yankee, like a son of

Freedom, never had a slave

It's etiquette, you idiot

Spend time behind the line

Show sympathy to LA where the sun don't ever shine

Everybody wants you, but baby you are mine

And baby you're not anybody's fool

The harpsichord is broken and the

Television's fried

The city's getting hotter like a

Country in decline

Everyone's a coward when you look

Them in the eyes

But baby, you're not anybody's fool

See ya next year in Jerusalem

You know, the one at 103rd and Broadway?

'Cause this orthodox girl fell in love with the guy at the falafel shop

And why not?

Should she have averted her eyes and just stared

At the laminated poster of the dome of the rock?

And then blood, blood, blood, blood, blood, blood, blood, blood

And then blood, blood, blood, blood, blood, blood, blood, blood

Remembrances of holy days in tarry town and rye

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

Condolences to gentle hearts who

Couldn't bear to try

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

Remembrances of holy days in tarry town and rye

I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

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04 · FAQ

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When was "Finger Back" released?
"Finger Back" by Vampire Weekend was released on May 6, 2013 on the album "Modern Vampires of the City".
What genre is "Finger Back"?
"Finger Back" by Vampire Weekend falls within the rock, pop, indie rock genres.
What album is "Finger Back" on?
"Finger Back" appears on the album "Modern Vampires of the City" by Vampire Weekend.
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