Letra 2,99 Cent Blues de Regina Spektor original
Mmmm-ahhh Somewhere far away Where I roam There live my buffalo twin In our twin buffalo home sweet home He take good care of my native son And he call me by my native name And he, he even lets us drink spring water on Sundays Hey, 2.99, 2.99 a gallon 2.99, 2.99 a gallon And somewhere further down the road Where I also roam There live my caterpillar cousin Beneath a fancy engraved tomb headstone In the middle of a southern town Beneath a cemetery burial plot And he, he don't pay rent no more, no more, but he Sure likes the, sure likes the spot Oh, he sure likes, sure likes the spot Oh, he sure likes the spot, sure likes the spo-aht Dun-ah, ah, dun-ah, ah, dun-ah-dun-nah But in the furthest place I've ever known Where even I so rarely roam There lives a boy who just come back from war His flesh was wounded but he made it back home His mother calls him by his given name And the neighbors whisper how he prefers to be alone And he, he gets gets nightmares about boys dripping blood sold for 2.99, 2.99 a gallon Come on, just 2.99, 2.99 a gallon Pay up, yeah! 2.99, 2.99, a gah-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guhhh-guh-guh-guuuh-guh-guh-guuuh-gah-gah-gah-gah-gah Gah-gah-gah-gah-gahhhw But when I get me all real tired And I got no more strength to roam I catch me a horse-driven carriage ride From a local man named Ethan Frome He don't say much as he tips his hat And he carries his body as heavy as lead And he could have been still flying through the snow on his sled But the wife was in bed and the horses had to be fed Besides, it's 2.99, 2.99 a story Come on, it's 2.99, 2.99 a story Pay up, yo, it's 2.99, 2.99 a story Come on, baby 2.99, 2.99 a story Come on, y'alls 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, nuh-99, ah, ah! 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, nuh-99-na-na-na-na-na-nigh Oh, 2.99, 2.99 a story Pay up, y'alls 2.99, 2.99 a story Pay up, it's just 2.99, 2.99 a story Oh, but it's just 2.99 2.99-na-naa-na-naa-na-naa Na-na-na-na-naa