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Skeleton Jones

by Dan Dowell

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This song is both a birthday present and an anatomy study guide.

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Lyrics

The bones is yours, dad; they came from you, my daddy

I see you walking, I know you’re talking
But I hear nothing, too busy gawking
You're showing skin, but what's within?
I think you might be hiding a skeleton

I woke up this morning and I walked outside
Now I’m rolling down the street to see what I might find
Every body I meet is banal, if benign
Till I finally catch a glimpse of you from behind

The way that you’re strolling got me thinking that you're
The one meant for me but I gotta to be sure
I've been fooled before, should I pursue or ignore
Got to see what's in the front to know what you have in store

When I manage to get a good look at your front bits
Your eyes, your lips, your hair, and your tits
Are all fine but what makes me wanna make you my own
Are those hands, kneecaps, clavicles, and cheek bones

Them bones gonna walk around
I wanna touch ‘em

Now when you get to the corner and step onto the bus
I gotta follow along even though that’s pretty sus
When I sit down beside you and I see your eyes narrow
I can’t help but blurt out, “I bet you got healthy marrow”

You must think that it’s humorous since you’re laughing so hard
So I compliment your femur and you let down your guard
We’re getting on super swell and so I start to rib ya
As we pass 7th Street I’m really roasting your tibia

I get off at your stop and you don’t seem to mind
As we walk your pisiform brushes against mine
Put a hand on your scapula, move it down your spine
To your sacrum and fall in love with how your bones align

Bones connected to bones
I wanna touch ‘em

Now we’re at your place, that look on your face
As you take off your coat and turn off your phone
You must understand I got a skeleton jones
And when I say I wanna bone, I mean I wanna touch on

Them bones
Disconnected them bo—

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released October 9, 2022
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Samples:

The Prisoner, Episode 17 ("Fall Out")
"Dry Bones" by the Four Lads
"Them Bones" by Alice in Chains

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Dan Dowell Santa Cruz, California

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