SNAKE PLANT (THE PAST IS STILL ALIVE)
As recorded by Hurray for the Riff Raff
(From the 2024 Album THE PAST IS STILL ALIVE)



[Intro]
         


[Verse 1]

Snake plant, F

lorida water

I only wanted 

ever to be a g

ood daughter

Soft hands, go

ld rings

Try to remembe

r most everyth

ing.

Like feeding g

rapefruits to 

the cows,

Hold my belly 

while I'm laug

hing out loud.

A bathing suit

 on a two day 

drive,

Malaria, you c

an't sleep at 

night.

Lemon tree and

 a mango for t

he baby,

Record player 

you can call m

e sister Sadie

.

Gonna cut a ro

pe and tie her

 to the tree
         
When the hurri

cane comes, th

e hurricane co

mes.


[Chorus]
             
I know your fa

              
ce I know your

 
 smell.
             
I know that yo

              
u were living 

   
in hell.


[Interlude]
         


[Verse 2]

Pee in the bus

hes while I wa

it for a train

,

Under the brid

ge when it sta

rts to rain.

I never got to

 ride the suns

et route,

But I drank en

ough 100 proof

.

Campfire on th

e superfund si

te,

Garbage island

 fucking in th

e moonlight.

I play my song

 for the barre

l of freaks
       
And we go shop

 lifting when 

it's time to e

at.


[Chorus]
             
They don't eve

              
n really know 

   
my name,
             
I'm so happy t

              
hat we escaped

             
 from where we

   
 came.


[Interlude]
      


[Verse 3]

Tattoo with a 

needle and thr

ead.

Most of our ol

d friends are 

dead,

Test your drug

s

Remember Narca

n
          
There's a war 

on the people,

What don't you

 understand?
        
There's fentan

yl in everythi

ng,
      
Don't become a

n angel with a

 broken wing.

We need you ba

ck down here o

n earth,

Nothing is as 

painful as bir

th.

Time flies whe

n you're getti

ng old,

I was born wit

h a baby boy s

oul.

Maybe someday 

I'll see you a

gain
     
In a field, a 

war, a kingdom

 of sand.

Maybe we can s

mile again,

Maybe we can d

ance again.
    
I'd kiss your 

lips and hold 

your hands.

Maybe we can d

ance again.

I was young wh

en I left home

,
  
I never stoppe

d running,

Used to think 

I was alone.
    
But nothing wi

ll stop me now

.

Nothing will s

top me now.

Nothing can st

op me now.
      
Well, nothing 

can stop,
              
Nothing can st

        
op me now.


[Outro]
      
Me now
      
Me now
      
Me now
              
Nothing will s

       
top me now.