Carrot Problem

Lyrics

Verse 1
I met you in the market line
Orange crowns in a paper bag
One bite turned a switch inside
Now my hands all shake and lag
I hide your tops in my coat pocket
I count your coins by the sink
I swear I’ll quit by Monday
Then I bite before I think

Pre-Chorus
Thumb marks on my teeth
Ears ringing for the snap
Mother said, "Son, come back"
But the rabbit dug that trap
I hear that crunchy call
Down the hall, through the wall

Chorus
I need the crunch
I need the crunch
(need the crunch)
I need the crunch
My life goes under
One more bite and I fall

Verse 2
I stole whole trays from the diner
Left the fries and chased the greens
April showed me pity
When she found me in the beans
I used my rent on bundles
Said, "This month I’ll be clean"
Now the landlord bangs my door down
And my mouth still wants that dream

Pre-Chorus
Orange dust on my shirt
Cold sweet dirt on my tongue
Every little promise
Gets chewed up, chewed up, undone
I see that bright pile shine
Like a church light in my mind

Chorus
I need the crunch
I need the crunch
(need the crunch)
I need the crunch
My life goes under
One more bite and I fall

Bridge
Blues Guitar Solo
My wife took the kids to her sister’s house
Said she can’t sleep with that smell in the couch
I dug through the trash like a broken hound
Found one peeled slice and I knelt right down
Oh Lord, I taste my ruin
In the juice, in the skin, in the bones
If this is the road I’m choosing
Then I’m chewing back home alone

Breakdown
Crunch
Crunch
My hands won’t obey
Crunch
Crunch
I’m fading away

Final Chorus
I need the crunch
I need the crunch
(need the crunch)
I need the crunch
My life goes under
One more bite and I fall
I need the crunch
I need the crunch
(need the crunch)
I need the crunch
My life goes under
I was born to lose it all