Copper baby lying in the sweet sun-speckled hay.
Copper lady watching, then she turns and walks away
Through the fields, through the woods, where there’s babies of her own.
Through the fields, through the woods, where she meets you, Sandalphone.
Sandalphone, Sandalphone, there’s another baby for you now, Sandalphone.
All the days I’ve waited, if you layed them side by side
Could flow like a river between your legs to where the winter white rabbits hide.
To where they shimmy and shake in the way that rabbits do,
Where they scream and they cry every time they think of you.
Sandalphone, Sandalphone, there’s another baby for you now, Sandalphone.
Droll hearted man and he won’t take a stand, but I can’t kick him out of the door.
Tax collector and the toll booth inspector, but I can’t pay nobody no more.
All the games your daddy taught you to play,
Little girl, you better play them today,
Cause even if you shake and you cry, they’re gonna snuff you out anyway.
Sandalphone, I’ve watched you till my eyes have turned to blue,
Doling out the meters in the way that daddies do,
Knowing if I lose my self tonight
I’ll be lying in your arms that self same night.
Sandalphone, Sandalphone, there’s another baby for you now, Sandalphone.