Flamingo Croquet

Hold it straight

Don’t let it bite

Queen said play

So play it right

Flamingo swing

Hedgehog roll

Wonderland game

Out of control

Garden got loud when the Queen stepped in

Flamingo neck with a wicked bend

Hedgehog curled like it knows my sin

Cards on the field trying hard to grin She said swing,

so I swung too late Ball ran left,

then it changed its fate Rule got bent by a royal face

Now everybody claps for a crooked game Left hit,

right miss Pink bird mad with a sideways twist Queen got fire

on her red-red lips One bad shot and the whole court dips

No fair rules in a royal mood

No safe moves when the Queen choose

If she don’t win,

then you lose That’s the game they made us do

Flamingo croquet, don’t play fair Bird in my hand got a wild-eyed

stare Hedgehog running like it don’t care Queen screaming heads in the

garden air Flamingo croquet,

swing that thing

Everybody dance

for the mad red queen

Wrong move, right

move, same old scene Wonderland laughing while the roses bleed Swing,

swing, duck low Roll,

roll, don’t know Pink bird,

red crown Whole game upside down

Cards kept bending into hoops on grass One sneezed once and almost

passed Rabbit took notes but he wrote too fast Every rule made

of broken glass Alice stood with her chin held high Saw fear

painted in every eye If this is fun,

then fun can lie If this is law,

then law can die Queen said again,

but the game got tired Flamingo snapped and the roses caught fire

Bassline hit like a secret choir Now my little brave heart climbed

up higher

If the game is fixed Do I have to play?

If the crown says dance Can I walk away?

If the rules are teeth Can I make them crack?

If I lose my fear Can I win me back?

Flamingo croquet, don’t play fair Bird in my hand got a wild-eyed

stare Hedgehog running like it don’t care Queen screaming heads in the

garden air

Flamingo croquet, swing that thing Everybody dance for the mad red queen

Wrong move, right move,

same old scene Wonderland laughing while the roses bleed

Hold it straight

Don’t let it bite Queen said play But I said not tonight