Their bootblack fingertips
In the after bars, think I was sullied by a dream
Shiny
The boys in denim vests, smoking cigarettes between
Have they ever seen two eyes so shiny
Beneath the tilt a whirl where we were coyly caught alone
And the sullen beery swine
And what it is you do to keep your eyes
I'm a dull and witless boy
Songwriter: Colin Meloy
But I have never seen two eyes so shiny
Shiny
The light and the half-light
Publisher: OSTEROZHNA! MUSIC
Tell me why you lied
In the killing jar you and me at war at arms
Trying to tangle you in sullen beery balls of twine
...
And what it is you do to keep your eyes
All shiny
By the parachutes in saddle shoes you break your shin
A tawny gypsy girl
Shiny
All falling in embrace
I may have gone too far, I may have gone too much, too long
All shiny
And in the roller coaster din
Tell me why you lied
All fumbling with your blouse
Sleeping blanketed by stars
Sweetly tipsy by the half-light
Tell me why you lied
By the bumper cars in the pretty twining light
Shiny
And what it is you do to keep your eyes